ndogo

== Kikuyu == === Alternative forms === ndoogo === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records ndoogo as an equivalent of English smoke and steam respectively in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ⁿdɔ̀ːɣɔ̀(ꜜ)/ The first o is pronounced 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, 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 === ndogo class 9 smoke steam ==== Related terms ==== (Verbs) gũtoga ==== See also ==== (steam): kĩnundu, thaatũ === References === == Swahili == === Adjective === ndogo n class(IX/X) inflected form of -dogo