kĩgomano

Kikuyu

Etymology

From a verb kũgoma (to meet).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kèɣɔ̀mànɔ̀ꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩberethi, mbogoro, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

kĩgomano class 7 (plural igomano)

  1. meeting[1]
    kĩgomano kĩa G7a G7 meeting
  2. gathering place,[3] meeting place[1]
  3. junction of two rivers;[1] confluence, conflux

Synonyms

  • (meeting (place); junction): mũgomano
  • (meeting): mũcemanio, kĩũngano

(Nouns)

  • igomanĩro class 5 / magomanĩro class 6

See also

  • (meeting; gathering place): gĩathĩ
  • (junction): macemanio

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 gomano” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 117. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 231.