ngũkũma

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records ngukumma as an equivalent of English tick in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ᵑɡo(ː)koma/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 11 with a trisyllabic stem. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as ngũũkũma, 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 === ngũkũma class 9/10 (plural ngũkũma) tick ==== See also ==== ngũha === References === “ngũkũma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 317. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 33.