ng'ombe
See also: Ng'ombe, ngombe, and ngɔ́mbɛ́
Chichewa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈŋo.ᵐbe/
Noun
ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe class 10)
- cow, ox
Chuabo
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Noun
ng'ombe
- ox, cow
References
- Shrum, Jeff (2018) Chuwabo - Portuguese Dictionary, SIL International
Kikuyu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè. Hinde (1904) records ngombe as an equivalent of English cow in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ngombe and Swahili ngombe as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋɔ̀ᵐbɛ̀(ꜜ)/
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[3]
Noun
ng'ombe class 9/10 (plural ng'ombe)
- cow or ox
- ng'ombe yakwa - my cow/ox
- ng'ombe ciakwa - my cows/oxen
Hypernyms
- mahiũ[4], indo
Hyponyms
- (female) mori; (male) ndeegwa, ndegwa, ndume; (child) njaũ
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- gũthũũra ng'ombe nĩ gũthũũra kamũkwa kayo
- ndegwa nyinyi ĩhaicaga ng'ombe na mũtwe
- ng'ombe itionagwo nĩ ithayo
- ng'ombe yahithio njaũ ĩkamagĩrwo ikaya
Related terms
(Nouns)
- kĩgombe class 7
References
- Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 16–17. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- 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.
- Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach, p. 31.
Mwani
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Noun
ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe)
- cow, ox
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈŋɔ.ᵐbɛ/
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
ng'ombe (n class, plural ng'ombe)
- cow, ox
- (derogatory) idiot
Usage notes
- Under animacy rules for Swahili, this noun takes class 1/2 affixes:
- ng'ombe mzuri (nice cow, class 1)
- ng'ombe wazuri (nice cows, class 2)
- Ng'ombe anakula majani (The cow is eating grass)
Descendants
- → Malagasy: omby
Tumbuka
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Noun
ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe class 10)
- cow, ox