ngũgũ

See also: ngugu

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ᵑɡóːɣǒꜜ/
The first ũ is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.

Noun

ngũgũ class 9/10 (plural ngũgũ)

  1. turaco, lourie,[1] especially Hartlaub's turaco（Tauraco hartlaubi）[2]

References
  1. “ngũgũ1” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 316. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 465. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
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