kĩonje

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keɔ̀ᶮdʑɛ̀ꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

kĩonje class 7 (plural cionje)

  1. (derogatory)[2] disabled person, cripple[3]

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ International Commission of Jurists (Kenya Section) (2004). International Human Rights Standards: Reporting Obligations: Convention on the Rights of the Child, p. 47. Nairobi: The Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists.
  3. ^ Peterson, Derek R. (2012). Ethnic Patriotism and the East African Revival: A History of Dissent, c. 1935–1972, p. 244. New York: Cambridge University Press. →ISBN