ngurunyu

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ᵑɡùɾùɲú/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a trisyllabic stem, together with mũrĩmĩre, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
    • (Limuru) IPA(key): /ᵑɡùɾúɲú/
As for Tonal Class,  Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bangiri, mũhĩrĩga, thakame, and so on.[1]

Noun

ngurunyu class 9/10 (plural ngurunyu)

  1. suet[2]
    Ngurunyu kĩmure. - Mweri.[3]
    Suet of light? - Moon.[4]

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. “ngurunyu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 315. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. Ng'ang'a, Philip M. (1996). Mũũgĩ nĩ Mũtaare, p. 129. Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers. →ISBN
  4. "Ngurunyu kimuri" in Mori, Yuki (2015). 夜には、夜のけものがあるき 昼には、昼のできごとがゆく, p. 155. Tōkyō: Tōkyō Tosho Shuppan. →ISBN
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