ngitĩ

== Kamba == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records ngiti of “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) as equivalents of English dog, listing also “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu ngiti as its equivalent. === Pronunciation === tonal pattern: HL === Noun === ngitĩ (plural ngitĩ) dog === References === == Kikuyu == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records kui and ngiti as equivalents of English dog in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba ngiti as its equivalent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ᵑɡìtéꜜ/ 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) IPA(key): /ᵑɡìtě/ Yukawa (1981) classified this term into a group including mũka, mwĩrĩ, kĩroboto, nyũmba, etc. and Yukawa (1985) merges these to another group including kahiũ, mũtĩ, and so on. === Noun === ngitĩ class 9/10 (plural ngitĩ) dog Synonym: ngui === References === “ngitĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 310. Oxford: Clarendon Press.