iria

iria

1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular conditional of ir

Hinde (1904) records īrria as an equivalent of English milk in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.^[1] A borrowing from a South Cushitic language; compare Burunge iliba, Iraqw ilwa, and within Bantu compare Swahili maziwa, Kamba ĩia.

• IPA^(key): /ìɾìjáꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as iriya, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.^[2]

iria class 5 (plural maria)

1. milk

   iria rĩa mwĩtha ― fresh milk

(Nouns)

• muunjuga-iria class 3

From Proto-Bantu *ìdìbà.

• IPA^(key): /ìɾì(j)à(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.^[2]

iria class 5 (plural maria)

1. place where water is collected
   1. lake, pond
   2. sea

• ndia

• “iria¹”, "iria" in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. 380–381. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Homophone: Iria
• Hyphenation: i‧ri‧a

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

iria

1. first/third-person singular conditional of ir

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

iria

1. inflection of iriar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative