higo
Kikuyu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mpígò. 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
Inherited from Old Spanish figo, from Latin fīcus (“fig, fig tree”). Cognate with English fig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡo/ [ˈi.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -iɡo
- Syllabification: hi‧go
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “higo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Veps
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Finnic *hiki.
Inflection
| Inflection of higo (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | higoho | 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 | higohosai | higoihesai | |
| terminative II | higolesai | higoilesai | |
| terminative III | higossai | — | |
| additive I | higohopäi | 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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