Hinde (1904) recordsigotti as an equivalent of Englishneck (nape of) in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing alsoKambaikoti, andSwahiliukosi andkikosi as its equivalents.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ìɣɔ̀tì(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term intomoondo class which includesmũndũ,huko,igego,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 withndaka, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group includingcindano,huko,iburi,igego,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]

igoti class5 (pluralmagoti)

1. back ofneck^[4]

• ngingo

• “igoti” in Benson, T.G. (1964).Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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