ngumo

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᵑɡùmɔ́ꜜ/

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.[1]

Noun

ngumo class 9/10 (plural ngumo)

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

(ndegwa) ĩrĩ ngumo nĩ ĩrĩ mũrahi
mũndũ mũgo ndarĩ ngumo itũũra rĩake
ngumo ĩrĩ magũrũ kũrĩ mwene
ngumo ndĩigana mwene

Related terms

(Verbs)

gũkumia

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.

“ngumo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 314. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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