nguru

See also: ngûru

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ŋuɻu/

Pronoun

nguru

  1. he
  2. she

References

  • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Igbo

Alternative forms

  • ngwuru

Noun

ǹguru

  1. residential (walled) compound
  2. central area of settlement
    Coordinate term: ama
  3. kindred, family circle

Further reading

  • Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “nguru”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 107

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records ngūrru as an equivalent of English tortoise in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba nguu as its equivalent.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ᵑɡùɾúꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.[3]
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

nguru class 9/10 (plural nguru)

  1. tortoise[2][5]

References

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 60–61. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  3. ^ Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 33.

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ŋulu “to grunt, to rumble” (compare with Rarotongan nguru and ngunguru “to grunt [of pigs], to growl [of dogs]”, Tahitian ʻuʻuru “to growl [of dogs]”, Tongan ngungulu, Samoan gugulu “to groan, to roar”) from Proto-Oceanic *ŋuru “to grunt, to growl”[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kuru “thunder” (compare with Fijian kuru) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀuq ~ *guʀuq “ibid.” (compare with Malay guruh).[2][3]

Verb

nguru

  1. to rumble
  2. to grunt

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Marck, Jeffrey C. (2000) Topics in Polynesian Language and Culture History, Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, page 243
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “gulu”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 151-2

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “nguru”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 275
  • “nguru” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

nguru class IX (plural nguru class X)

  1. kingfish, king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)
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