nduma

See also: ndũma

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ⁿdùmá/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.[1]

Noun

nduma class 9/10 (plural nduma)

darkness

Derived terms

(Nouns)

gatuma class 12

References

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.

“nduma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 298. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Swahili

nduma

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

nduma (n class, plural nduma)

a special kind of root, sometimes called arrowroot, indigenous to Kenya
yam (any Dioscorea vine), especially cocoyam

References

“Nduma”, in Slow Food, 2017

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