ngono

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Borrowed from Swahili mikono (“hands”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ᵑɡɔ̀nɔ́/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on. === Noun === ngono class 10 hands ==== Derived terms ==== (Verbs) gũikia ngono ==== See also ==== njara, moko === References === == Swahili == === Etymology === A nominalization of a dialectal verb -gona lost in Standard Swahili, from Common Bantu *-gòna (“sleep”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === ngono class IX (plural ngono class X) time for sleeping sex (sexual intercourse) Synonym: tendo la ndoa