-raya

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See also: raya

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records -raiya as an equivalent of English high in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

Adjective

-raya

  1. long[2]
    Synonym: -raihu
    Antonym: -kuhĩ
  2. tall[2]
    Synonym: -raihu
    Antonym: -kuhĩ
  3. far[2]
    Synonym: -raihu
    Antonym: -kuhĩ

Inflection

agreement of -raya
Singular Plural
Class 1, Class 2 mũraya araya
Class 3, Class 4 mũraya mĩraya
Class 5, Class 6 iraya maraya
Class 7, Class 8 kĩraya ndaya
Class 9, Class 10 ndaya ndaya
Class 11, Class 10 rũraya ndaya
Class 12, Class 13 karaya tũraya
Class 14, Class 6 mũraya maraya
Class 15, Class 6 kũraya maraya
Class 16 haraya -

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 32–3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “-raya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 374. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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