gĩcunjĩ

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣèɕùᶮd͡ʑè(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

Noun

gĩcunjĩ class 7 (plural icunjĩ) (diminutive gacunjĩ)

  1. part, piece, portion[2]
    Synonym: kĩenyũ
  2. section[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
  2. 2.0 2.1 cunjĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 75. Oxford: Clarendon Press.