ngoma

See also: ng'oma

English

Noun

ngoma (plural ngomas)

  1. A large social dancing event in parts of Africa.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ŋɡɔ̀mǎ/
As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, nyũmba, etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

ngoma class 9/10 (plural ngoma)

  1. spirit of the deceased[1][3]
  2. (Christianity) devil[4]
    Synonym: caitani

Derived terms

(Idioms)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ “ngoma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  4. ↑ Njagi, James Kinyua. (2016). "Lexical Borrowing and Semantic Change: A Case of English and Gĩkũyũ Contact", p. 53.

Mwani

Noun

ngoma class 9 (plural ngoma)

  1. drum

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ǹgòmà.

Noun

ngoma (n class, plural ngoma) or ngoma (ma class, plural mangoma)

  1. (music) drum
  2. dance

Synonyms

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