nguyo

== Kikuyu == === Alternative forms === nguuyo === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records nguyu as an equivalent of English colobus monkey in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ᵑɡùːjɔ̀ꜜ/ This u is pronounced long. 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 === nguyo class 9/10 (plural nguyo) colobus ==== Derived terms ==== (Proverbs) ndũgate mĩguĩ na ngĩma, ngu(u)yo irĩ njĩra ==== See also ==== thũmbĩ === References === Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 454. →ISBN