ngigĩ

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records ngigi as an equivalent of English locust in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ngie and Swahili mzige (pl. wazige) together with nzige as its equivalents. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ᵑɡìɣè(ꜜ)/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, 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 === ngigĩ class 9/10 (plural ngigĩ) locust ==== See also ==== ndaahi, ndararĩki, ngiria === References === “ngigĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 308. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 10, 33.