itina

Hinde (1904) records itina as an equivalent of English buttocks in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ìtìnáꜜ/

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, 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]

itina class 5 (plural matina)

1. buttocks

   Synonyms: ndina, njikarĩro

(Proverbs)

• indo ciene inoragia mũndũ itina rĩmwe

• IPA^(key): /ìtínáꜜ/

itina class 8

1. plural of gĩtina

• “itina” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 449. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اعتنا (iʿtinā, “a giving serious attention, care, attention, importance”),^[1][2] from Arabic اِعْتِنَاء (iʕtināʔ), verbal noun of اِعْتَنَى (iʕtanā, “to look after, to take care, to nurse”).^[3]

• IPA^(key): /iːtiˈnaː/
• Hyphenation: i‧ti‧na

itina (definite accusative itinayı, plural itinalar)

1. Attention and care given to a task at hand; pains.

   Synonyms: özen, özenme, (dated) ihtimam

• “itina”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “itina”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2267