nguru

See also: ngûru

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nguruCategory:Gamilaraay lemmas#NGURUCategory:Gamilaraay pronouns#NGURUCategory:Gamilaraay entries with incorrect language header#NGURUCategory:Pages with entries#NGURUCategory:Pages with 5 entries#NGURU

  1. he
  2. she

References

  • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Igbo

Alternative forms

Noun

ǹguruCategory:Igbo lemmas#NGURUCategory:Igbo nouns#NGURUCategory:Igbo entries with incorrect language header#NGURUCategory:Pages with entries#NGURUCategory:Pages with 5 entries#NGURU

  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
Category:ig:Family#NGURUCategory:ig:Places#NGURU

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

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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Category:Pages using invalid parameters when calling Template:ki-tonal classes#NGURUAs 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

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  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. 1 2 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.
Category:ki:Turtles#NGURU

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#NURUCategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#NURU *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-OceanicCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#NURUCategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#NURU *ŋuru “to grunt, to growl”[1] from Proto-OceanicCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#NURUCategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#NURU *kuru “thunder” (compare with Fijian kuru) from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#NURUCategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#NURU *kuʀuq ~ *guʀuq “ibid.” (compare with Malay guruh).[2][3]

Pronunciation

Verb

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  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

Noun

nguru class IX (plural nguru class X)Category:Swahili lemmas#NGURUCategory:Swahili nouns#NGURUCategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#NGURUCategory:Swahili class IX nouns#NGURUCategory:Pages with entries#NGURUCategory:Pages with 5 entries#NGURU

  1. kingfish, king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavallaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Scomberomorus%20cavalla)
Category:sw:Scombroids#NGURU
Category:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species) Category:Gamilaraay lemmas Category:Gamilaraay pronouns Category:Gamilaraay terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Igbo lemmas Category:Igbo nouns Category:Kikuyu class 10 nouns Category:Kikuyu class 9 nouns Category:Kikuyu lemmas Category:Kikuyu nouns Category:Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Māori lemmas Category:Māori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Category:Māori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic Category:Māori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian Category:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Category:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic Category:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian Category:Māori terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Māori verbs Category:Pages using invalid parameters when calling Template:ki-tonal classes Category:Pages with 5 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Swahili class IX nouns Category:Swahili lemmas Category:Swahili nouns Category:Swahili terms with audio pronunciation Category:ig:Family Category:ig:Places Category:ki:Turtles Category:sw:Scombroids