ng'ombe

From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè. Cognate with Tumbuka ng'ombe and Malawi Lomwe eng'ombe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋo.ᵐbe/

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

1. cow, ox

From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.

ng'ombe

1. ox, cow

• Shrum, Jeff (2018) Chuwabo - Portuguese Dictionary‎^[1], SIL International

From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè. 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): /ŋɔ̀ᵐbɛ̀(ꜜ)/

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

   yakwa - my cow/ox

   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

From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.

ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe)

1. cow, ox

From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈŋɔ.ᵐbɛ/

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ng'ombe class I/IX (plural ng'ombe class II/X)

1. cow, ox

   ng'ombe mzuri ― nice cow

   ng'ombe wazuri ― nice cows

   Ng'ombe anakula majani.

   The cow is eating grass.

   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[2], stanza 14:

     نِكَمَ كِسِمَ كِسِگُ وُمْبِّ ، كِنْيِ مْتَپَاءَ مَانَ وَغُمْبِ

     Ni-kama kisima kisicho ombe, chenye mta-paa mwana wa-ng'ombe,

     It is like a shallow well where charges a young bull;

2. (derogatory) idiot

• → Malagasy: omby

• (Chinese zodiac signs) alama za unajimu wa Kichina; panya (“rat”), ng'ombe (“ox”), chui milia (“tiger”) or babara, sungura (“rabbit”), dragoni (“dragon”), nyoka (“snake”), farasi (“horse”), mbuzi (“goat”), kima (“monkey”), jogoo (“rooster”) or jimbi, mbwa (“dog”), nguruwe (“pig”) ^{(Category: sw:Chinese zodiac signs) [edit]}

From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.

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

1. cow, ox

From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè. Cognate with Chichewa ng'ombe, Tumbuka ng'ombe and Malawi Lomwe eng'ombe.

ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe)

1. cow, cattle.