njege

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records njege as an equivalent of English porcupine in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ᶮdʑɛːɣɛ/ The first e is pronounced long. As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a disyllabic stem. (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981) classifies the term njeege into a group including kĩohe, rĩĩtwa, gĩcicio, icungwa, igongona, which Yukawa (1985) merged with another group including mũthũ, mũcibi, gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), njata, mũthee, ihũa (pl. mahũa), ithanwa, kang'aurũ, mwatũka, ndarathini (“a certain kind of fruit”), Gĩgĩkũyũ, and so on. === Noun === njege class 9/10 (plural njege) porcupine ==== Related terms ==== (Nouns) mũcege class 3 === References === Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 235. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 456. →ISBN