nguuũ

Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ǹgùbʊ́.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᵑɡùː.ǒ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, nyũmba, etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

Noun

nguuũ class 9/10 (plural nguuũ)

hippopotamus

References

Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

“nguuũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 316. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 447. →ISBN

[lea1940-1] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).