ngũrũe

== Kikuyu == === Alternative forms === ngũrwe === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records ngurruwe as an equivalent of English pig in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ngūe and Swahili nguruwe as its equivalents. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ᵑɡòɾòɛ̀(ꜜ)/ 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. (Kiambu) (Limuru) IPA(key): /ŋòɾòwɛ̀(ꜜ)/ As for Tonal Class, as ng'ũrũwe, 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 === ngũrũe class 9/10 (plural ngũrũe) pig Hypernym: mahiũ === References === “ngũrũe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.