mbogo

Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mbògó. Hinde (1904) records mbogo as an equivalent of English buffalo in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba mbo as its equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᵐbɔ̀ɣɔ̌/, /ᵐbɔ̀ɣɔ́/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ŋgoko class which includes ngũkũ, hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), kĩng'ang'i, maitũ (“my mother”), mũkanda, mũthĩgi, nduka, ngingo, rũthanju, Wambũgũ (“man's name”), etc. 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, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.

Noun

mbogo class 9/10 (plural mbogo)

1. buffalo

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• mbogo-kanyarare

(Proper nouns)

• kĩrĩma Mbogo (lit. “a mountain of buffalo”) - Ol Donyo Sabuk

References

• “mbogo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 273. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 445. →ISBN

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mbògó.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mbogo class IX (plural mbogo class X)

1. buffalo

   Synonym: nyati