inegene

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Kikuyu

Etymology

From a verb kũnegena.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ìnɛ̀ɣɛ̀nɛ́/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a trisyllabic stem, together with mũrĩmĩre, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
    • (Limuru) IPA(key): /ìnɛ̀ɣɛ́nɛ́/
As for Tonal Class,  Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bangiri, mũhĩrĩga, thakame, and so on.[2]

Noun

inegene class 5 (plural manegene)

  1. noise, din, chatter[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “inegene” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 279. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.
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