ndegwa

== Kikuyu == === Alternative forms === ndeegwa === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records ndēgua as an equivalent of English bull in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ⁿdɛ̀(ː)ɣwàꜜ/, /ⁿdɛ̀(ː)ɣoàꜜ/ Barlow (1960) treats this e as short, while Benson (1964) as long. As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as ndeegũa, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on. === Noun === ndegwa class 9/10 (plural ndegwa) bull, ox Synonym: ndume Hypernym: ng'ombe ==== Derived terms ==== (Proverbs) ndegwa nyinyi ĩhaicaga ng'ombe na mũtwe === References === “ndegwa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.