ng'ombe

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋo.ᵐbe/

ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe class 10)

1. cow, ox

Hinde (1904) records ngombe as an equivalent of English cow in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ngombe and Swahili ngombe as its equivalents.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ŋɔ̀ᵐbɛ̀ꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[3]

ng'ombe class 9/10 (plural ng'ombe)

1. cow or ox

   ng'ombe yakwa - my cow/ox

   ng'ombe ciakwa - my cows/oxen

• mahiũ[4], indo

• (female) mori; (male) ndeegwa, ndegwa, ndume; (child) njaũ

(Proverbs)

• gũthũũra ng'ombe nĩ gũthũũra kamũkwa kayo
• ndegwa nyinyi ĩhaicaga ng'ombe na mũtwe
• ng'ombe itionagwo nĩ ithayo
• ng'ombe yahithio njaũ ĩkamagĩrwo ikaya

(Nouns)

• kĩgombe class 7

ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe)

1. cow, ox

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋɔ.ᵐbɛ/

ng'ombe (n class, plural ng'ombe)

1. cow, ox
2. (derogatory) idiot

• Under animacy rules for Swahili, this noun takes class 1/2 affixes:

  ng'ombe mzuri (nice cow, class 1)

  ng'ombe wazuri (nice cows, class 2)

  Ng'ombe anakula majani (The cow is eating grass)