ngũkũ

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === From *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó. Hinde (1904) records nenguku as an equivalent of English chicken in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba nguku and Swahili kuku as its equivalents. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ᵑɡòkó/ As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ŋgoko class which includes hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), kĩng'ang'i, maitũ (“my mother”), mbogo, mũkanda, mũthĩgi, nduka, ngingo, rũthanju, Wambũgũ (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, kĩeha, and so on. 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, rũthanju, tombo, and so on. === Noun === ngũkũ class 9/10 (plural ngũkũ) fowl chicken ==== Hyponyms ==== mwera, njogoo === References ===