nũgũ

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records nugu ao ithinwa as an equivalent of English baboon in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nóɣóꜜ/, /nóɣǒꜜ/ As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into njata class which includes njata, gĩkabu, gĩtara, ithanwa, karani, kĩihũri, etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on. Clements (1984:334) claims that Armstrong's “njata class” and “ðiimbo class” (e.g. thimbũ, mũcuuha, kĩratũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), thani, gĩthitũ), and Benson's “disyllabic 7” (e.g. kĩmitũ, njata) and “disyllabic 8” can be all unified to a single class, namely “HLHL class”. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on. === Noun === nũgũ class 9/10 (plural nũgũ) baboon ==== See also ==== thinwa === References === “nũgũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 287. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 455. →ISBN Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 10.