kĩng'ang'i

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records kingangi as an equivalent of English crocodile in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kinyangi as its equivalent. === Pronunciation === (Nyeri) IPA(key): /kèŋàŋí/ As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ŋgoko class which includes ngũkũ, hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), maitũ (“my mother”), mbogo, mũkanda, mũthĩgi, nduka, ngingo, rũthanju, Wambũgũ (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on. (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mũthũa, mũrũarũ, nyenje, icembe, mũhikania, and so on. === Noun === kĩng'ang'i class 7 (plural ing'ang'i) crocodile === References ===