itangi

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Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from English tank.[1]

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
    • (Limuru) IPA(key): /ìtàᵑɡǐ/
As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[2]

Noun

itangi class 5 (plural matangi)

  1. metal water tank[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “itangi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 431. 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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