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ngage

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Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun

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ngage class 9/10 (plural ngage)

  1. chigoe, chigger, jigger[2]
    Synonym: ndutu

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ “ngage” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 303. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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