ngingo

From Proto-Bantu *-kí̧ŋgɔ̄.^[1]

Hinde (1904) records ngingo of “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) and njingo of “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) as equivalents of English neck, listing also “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu ngiingo and Swahili shingo (pl. mashingo) as their equivalents.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ŋɡíŋɡɔ́/^[1]

ngingo

1. neck

From Proto-Bantu *-kí̧ŋgɔ̄.^[1]

Hinde (1904) records ngiingo as an equivalent of English neck in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba ngingo, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba njingo and Swahili shingo (pl. mashingo) as its equivalents.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ŋɡìŋɡɔ́/^[1]

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”), mbogo, mũkanda, mũthĩgi, nduka, rũthanju, Wambũgũ (“man's name”), etc.^[3] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on. 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, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[4]

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ngingo class 9/10 (plural ngingo)

1. neck

(Proverbs)

• nĩ ngingo ĩtindaga ĩrĩ theri ti nda

• igoti, mũmero

• “ngingo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.