karani

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See also: karáni, kárani, káráni, and kárání

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili karani.[1]

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into njata class which includes njata, gĩkabu, gĩtara, ithanwa, kĩihũri, etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on. Clements (1984) classifies this term into “HLHL class” corresponding to Armstrong's njata and ðiimbo classes (e.g. itũũra), and Benson's disyllabic 7 and 8 (e.g. matũũra (“plural of itũũra”), thani), together with matũũra.[3]

Noun

karani class 12 (plural tũrani)

  1. clerk, secretary

References

  1. ^ “karani” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 369. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  3. ^ Clements, George N. (1984). "Principles of tone assignment in Kikuyu." In Clements, G.N. and J.A. Goldsmith (eds.) Autosegmental studies in Bantu tone, pp. 281–339. Dordrecht: Mouton de Gruyter; Foris Publications. →ISBN

Maori

Noun

karani

  1. currant

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈra.ɲi/
  • Rhymes: -aɲi
  • Syllabification: ka‧ra‧ni

Participle

karani

  1. virile nominative/vocative plural of karany

Purepecha

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

karani

  1. (obsolete) paint
  2. write

Derived terms

References

  • Gilberti, Maturino (1559) Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan (in Spanish), Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 10v: “Carani. eſcriuir o pintar.”
  • Gylberti, Maturino (1559) Aqui comiença el Vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mechuacana (in Spanish), Mexico: Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 83v: “Eſcriuir como quiera. carani.”
  • Gylberti, Maturino (1559) Aqui comiença el Vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mechuacana (in Spanish), Mexico: Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 140r: “Pintar. carani. atani.”
  • (1975) Frases sencillas, tarasco-español‎ (in Spanish), third edition, page 14: “karáni”
  • Lagunas, Iuan Baptista de (1574) Dictionarito breue y compendioso en la lẽgua de Michuacan (in Spanish), Mexico: Pedro Balli, page 39: “Carani, que es eſcreuir”
  • Lathrop, Maxwell (2007) Vocabulario del idioma purépecha‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 7, 26: “karani”

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

karani (Cyrillic spelling карани)

  1. masculine plural passive past participle of karati

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَرَّانِيّ (karrāniyy).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

karani (ma class, plural makarani)

  1. clerk
  2. secretary
    Synonym: sekretari

Descendants

  • → Kikuyu: karani
  • → Malagasy:

Tagabawa

Noun

karani

  1. star
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