nyondo

== Kikuyu == === Etymology 1 === Hinde (1904) records nyondo as an equivalent of English breast in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba noondo as its equivalent. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɲɔ̀ⁿdɔ̀(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, as plural of rũnyondo, 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, and so on. ==== Noun ==== nyondo class 9/10 (plural nyondo) (woman's) breast ===== See also ===== mũkamo, gĩthũri ==== Noun ==== nyondo class 10 plural of rũnyondo === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Swahili nyundo. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɲɔ̀ⁿdɔ̀(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 ==== nyondo class 9/10 (plural nyondo) hammer ===== See also ===== kĩbũi === References ===