higo
Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records higo as an equivalent of English kidney in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Swahili figo etc. as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hìɣɔ́ꜜ/
- 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.[2]
References
- Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 34–35. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- 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.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish figo, from Latin fīcum, singular accusative of fīcus (“fig, fig tree”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡo/, [ˈiɣo]
- Rhymes: -iɣo
Veps
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Finnic *hiki.
Inflection
Inflection of higo | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative sing. | higo | ||
genitive sing. | higon | ||
partitive sing. | higod | ||
partitive plur. | higoid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | higo | higod | |
accusative | higon | higod | |
genitive | higon | higoiden | |
partitive | higod | higoid | |
essive-instructive | higon | higoin | |
translative | higoks | higoikš | |
inessive | higos | higoiš | |
elative | higospäi | higoišpäi | |
illative | ? | higoihe | |
adessive | higol | higoil | |
ablative | higolpäi | higoilpäi | |
allative | higole | higoile | |
abessive | higota | higoita | |
comitative | higonke | higoidenke | |
prolative | higodme | higoidme | |
approximative I | higonno | higoidenno | |
approximative II | higonnoks | higoidennoks | |
egressive | higonnopäi | higoidennopäi | |
terminative I | ? | higoihesai | |
terminative II | higolesai | higoilesai | |
terminative III | higossai | — | |
additive I | ? | higoihepäi | |
additive II | higolepäi | higoilepäi |
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “пот”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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