ngoro

See also: ngɔ́rɔ́

Awabakal

Noun

ngoro

three

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records -ngorro as an equivalent of English heart in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu[1].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᵑɡɔ̀ɾɔ́ꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.[3]

(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.[4]

Noun

ngoro class 9/10 (plural ngoro)

heart[5]
mind, heart
Gatitũ ka ngoro gatirĩmanagwo.
The grove of heart does not get cleared.
chest
Synonym: gĩthũri

Ũrĩ ithe ndaringagwo ya ngoro.
One who has his own father does not get beaten on the chest.

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

gatitũ ka ngoro gatiunagwo; gatitũ ka ngoro gatiunanagĩrwo
gĩthũmba gĩtirĩ mũrimũ wa ngoro
kĩrĩ ngoro gĩtihootaga
kĩronda kĩa mwene gĩtimũiragia ngoro
mũrĩĩu ndarĩ kĩa ngoro
mũthua (na) ngoro ti mũthua (na) kũgũrũ
mwĩgerero wa ngoro ndũkinyaga
ngoro itiumanĩire/itiumanĩrĩire ta marima ma huko
ngoro itiumanĩire ta njĩra
ngoro ĩrĩĩaga kĩrĩa yenda
ngoro nĩ mũtitũ mũtumanu na ndũngĩtonyeka nĩ mũndũ
ũta(a)na wa ngĩa ũ(ũ)ragĩra ngoro
ũtarĩ ndarĩ ngoro

References

Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 30–31. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon 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.
Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.

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[hh1904-1] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 30–31. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[lea1940-2] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[3] Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[yy1981-4] 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.

[5] Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.