gĩtaigua

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Kikuyu

Etymology

Derived from kũigua (“to hear”).

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

gĩtaigua class 7 (plural itaigua)

  1. deaf person
    Synonym: mbũra-matũ
  2. (derogatory) the deaf
  3. disobedient person

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “gĩtaigua” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 427. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
  3. ^ wa-Mungai, Mbugua (2009). ""For I name thee…": Disability Onomastics in Kenyan Folklore and Popular Music." Disability Studies Quarterly: the first journal in the field of disability studies 4(29). →ISSN
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