hwaĩ-inĩ

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

(Murang'a) IPA^(key): /hoà.íː.něꜜ/^[1]
(Ndia) IPA^(key): /hwà.eí.něꜜ/^[1]
(Nyeri) IPA^(key): /hoà.íː.ně/
The same underlying pattern as that of kĩĩgunyĩ.^[1]

Adverb

hwaĩ -inĩ

in the evening^[2]

Related terms

(Nouns)

kahwaĩ-inĩ class 12
kĩhwaĩ-inĩ class 7

See also

kĩroko, rũcinĩ; ũtukũ

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Kagaya, Ryohei (1982) “Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia”, in Journal of Asian and African Studies‎, number 24, pages 1–42
^ “hwaĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 181. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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