ngatata
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) IPA(key): /ᵑɡàtátá/
- As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bangiri, mũhĩrĩga, thakame, and so on.[1]
Noun
ngatata class 9/10 (plural ngatata)
- gnu, wildebeest[2][1]
- Synonym: ngati
References
- Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.