ng'ondu

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Ultimately from a Central Sudanic language, in which it originally meant "goat". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ŋɔ̀ⁿdúꜜ/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, 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'ondu class 9/10 (plural ng'ondu) sheep ==== Hypernyms ==== mahiũ, indo ==== Hyponyms ==== (female) mwatĩ; (male) ndũrũme; (young) kori ==== Derived terms ==== mũgwata-ng'ondu class 3 kamũgwata-ng'ondu class 12 (Proverbs) gũtirĩ ũrirũ ũtonwo na ũrĩa wonwo no ng'ondu mbaara ya aka ndĩrĩ ng'ondu === References === “ng'ondu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Ehret, Christopher (1968), “Sheep and Central Sudanic Peoples in Southern Africa”, in The Journal of African History, volume 9, number 2, pages 213–221