ngũngũni

Kamba

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kūŋgúnī.[1]

Noun

ngũngũni

  1. bedbug

References
  1. Clements, George N. and Kevin C. Ford (1979). "Kikuyu Tone Shift and Its Synchronic Consequences", p. 196. In Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 179–210.

Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kūŋgúnī.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ŋɡóːŋɡòníꜜ/[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a trisyllabic stem, together with batĩrĩ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu) As for Tonal Class,  Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcigĩrĩra, gĩtumumu, mindira, and so on.[2]

Noun

ngũngũni class 9/10 (plural ngũngũni)

  1. bedbug[3]

References
  1. Clements, George N. and Kevin C. Ford (1979). "Kikuyu Tone Shift and Its Synchronic Consequences", p. 196. In Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 179–210.
  2. 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.
  3. Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 32.
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