kĩgomano

From a verb kũgoma (“to meet”).[1]

• 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)

• (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.[2]

kĩgomano class 7 (plural igomano)

1. meeting[1]

   kĩgomano kĩa G7 ― a G7 meeting

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

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

(Nouns)

• igomanĩro class 5 / magomanĩro class 6

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