ng'aragu

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records ngaragu as an equivalent of English famine in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ŋàɾàɣúꜜ/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on. Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on. === Noun === ng'aragu class 9 hunger, famine ==== Derived terms ==== (Proverbs) ng'aragu ndĩhoyagwo ũhoro ng'aragu ya mũndũ ũngĩ ndĩgiria mũndũ ũngĩ akome ng'aragu ya mũthenya ũmwe nĩĩiyagĩrũo ũthayo na ng'aragu nĩ mũndũ na mũrũ wa nyina === References === “ng'aragu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.