"ngũkũ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Kikuyu]

IPA: /ᵑɡòkó/ Forms: 10 [canonical, class-10, class-9], ngũkũ [plural]
Etymology: From *nkʊ́kʊ́, a variant of Common Bantu *nkókó. Hinde (1904) records nenguku as an equivalent of English chicken in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba nguku and Swahili kuku as its equivalents. Etymology templates: {{m|bnt-pro||*nkʊ́kʊ́}} *nkʊ́kʊ́, {{der|ki|bnt-cmn|*nkókó}} Common Bantu *nkókó, {{noncog|en|chicken}} English chicken, {{cog|kam|nguku}} Kamba nguku, {{cog|sw|kuku}} Swahili kuku Head templates: {{ki-noun|9/10|ngũkũ}} ngũkũ class 9/10 (plural ngũkũ)
  1. fowl Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (lifeform): Chickens
    Sense id: en-ngũkũ-ki-noun-QG~Zm9gk Disambiguation of Chickens: 49 51 Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. chicken Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (lifeform): Chickens
    Sense id: en-ngũkũ-ki-noun-gR64G50R Disambiguation of Chickens: 49 51 Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: mwera, njogoo

Download JSON data for ngũkũ meaning in All languages combined (2.5kB)

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