nduma

== Kikuyu == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ⁿdùmá/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on. === Noun === nduma class 9/10 (plural nduma) darkness ==== Derived terms ==== (Nouns) gatuma class 12 === References === “nduma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 298. Oxford: Clarendon Press. == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Noun === nduma class IX (plural nduma class X) a special kind of root, sometimes called arrowroot, indigenous to Kenya yam (any Dioscorea vine), especially cocoyam === References === “Nduma”, in Slow Food, 2017