ng'ondu

Kikuyu

Etymology

Ultimately from a Central Sudanic language, in which it originally meant "goat".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ŋɔ̀ⁿdúꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[1]

Noun

ng'ondu class 9/10 (plural ng'ondu)

sheep[2][3]

Hypernyms

mahiũ,[2] indo

Hyponyms

(female) mwatĩ; (male) ndũrũme; (young) kori

Derived terms

mũgwata-ng'ondu class 3

kamũgwata-ng'ondu class 12

(Proverbs)

gũtirĩ ũrirũ ũtonwo na ũrĩa wonwo no ng'ondu
mbaara ya aka ndĩrĩ ng'ondu

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.
Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach, p. 31.
Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 10.

“ng'ondu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Ehret, Christopher (1968) “Sheep and Central Sudanic Peoples in Southern Africa”, in The Journal of African History, volume 9, number 2, pages 213–221

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