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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit हठ (haṭha).
Noun
hatha (uncountable)
- (yoga) The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hà.ðáꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
Noun
hatha class 9/10 (plural hatha)
- (Northern) a species of nettle, Urtica massaica Mildbr.
- Synonym: thabai
References
- “hatha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 144. Oxford: Clarendon Press.