nganja

Bongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᵑɡáᶮɟá/

Noun

nganja

1. crocodile

References

• Moi, Daniel Rabbi and Mario Lau Babur Kuduku, Sister Mary Mangira Michael, Simon Hagimir John, Rapheal Zakenia Paul Mafoi, Nyoul Gulluma Kuduku. 2018. Bongo – English Dictionary. Juba, South Sudan. SIL-South Sudan.

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᵑɡàᶮdʑá/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.

Noun

nganja class 9/10

1. doubt

See also

• mathangania

References

• “nganja” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 305. Oxford: Clarendon Press.