ndigiri

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records ndigiri as an equivalent of English donkey in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ⁿdìɣìɾìꜜ/ 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, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩberethi, mbogoro, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, 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, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on. === Noun === ndigiri class 9/10 (plural ndigiri) donkey ==== See also ==== bunda === References === “ndigiri” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 10.