"Cow"

Translation: Ng'ombe

[Gzeebzee]

Cow - ng'ombe, Bull - ng'ombe, Ox - ng'ombe, Cattle - ng'ombe, Cows, Bulls, Oxen - all still ng'ombe. Beef - Nyama ya Ng'ombe. Ng'ombe jike - now that really is just a cow.

[hazzin13]

From what I could find:
ng'ombe - cattle in general
ng'ombe dume - bull (lit. means cattle + male)
ng'ombe jike - cow (lit. means cattle + female)
ng'ombe maksai - ox, bullock (lit. means cattle + castrated animal)

[Gazelle1596]

There are distinctions.

[lottamaij]

How should I pronounce this?

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

This consonant ng' is one sound consonant, just a different sound of "n" (nasal velar, /ŋ/) as in English "sing", and the second sound is a prenasalized "b" with two sounds (m+be). The stress is on the first syllable ng'o.

Here some pronunciations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6wcz6PuW0M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BntsggNJt28 (Learn Swahili Try 1/2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9rIE8jdJuQ (Learn Swahili Try 2/2)

From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_nasal