ndoo

Kikuyu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ⁿdɔ̀.ɔ̌/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

Noun

ndoo class 9/10 (plural ndoo)

waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)
Synonym: kurũ^[1]

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Swahili ndoo.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ⁿdɔ̀.ɔ̌/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.^[3]

Noun

ndoo class 9/10 (plural ndoo)

bucket, pail

References

↑ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 452. →ISBN
↑ “ndoo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 297. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
↑ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

Mwani

Noun

ndoo class 9 (plural ndoo)

bucket, pail

Swahili

Noun

ndoo (n class, plural ndoo)

bucket, pail

Descendants

Kikuyu: ndoo

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