ngĩrĩ

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records ngelee as an equivalent of English wart hog in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ngii and Swahili ngirri as its equivalents. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ᵑɡèɾě/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on. === Noun === ngĩrĩ class 9/10 (plural ngĩrĩ) warthog === References === “ngĩrĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 310. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 10, 33.