rũgongo

• IPA^(key): /ɾòɣɔ̀ᵑɡɔ̀(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, 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.[1]

rũgongo class 11 (plural ng'ongo) (diminutive kagongo)

1. ridge of land[2]
2. upper part of slope[2]

   rũgongo na mũhuro ― up and down[2]

3. region forming a community whose borders are two rivers or valleys[2]
4. north or south

   Amerika ya Mũhuro, Amerika ya Rũgongo[3] ― North and South America

(Nouns)

• mũgongo class 3

• (upper part of slope): igũrũ