ng'ombe

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See also: Ng'ombe, ngombe, and ngɔ́mbɛ́

Chichewa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe class 10)

  1. cow, ox

Chuabo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.

Noun

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ng'ombe

  1. ox, cow

References

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  • Shrum, Jeff (2018) Chuwabo - Portuguese Dictionary[1], SIL International

Kikuyu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè. Hinde (1904) records ngombe as an equivalent of English cow in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ngombe and Swahili ngombe as its equivalents.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ŋɔ̀ᵐbɛ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (fire), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (man's name), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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ng'ombe class 9/10 (plural ng'ombe)

  1. cow or ox
    ng'ombe yakwa - my cow/ox
    ng'ombe ciakwa - my cows/oxen

Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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(Nouns)

References

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  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 16–17. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach, p. 31.

Mwani

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.

Noun

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ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe)

  1. cow, ox

Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈŋɔ.ᵐbɛ/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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ng'ombe (n class, plural ng'ombe)

  1. cow, ox
  2. (derogatory) idiot

Usage notes

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Descendants

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  • Malagasy: omby

See also

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Tumbuka

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.

Noun

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ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe class 10)

  1. cow, ox