mũnyiginyigi

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word mũnyiginyigi. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word mũnyiginyigi, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say mũnyiginyigi in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word mũnyiginyigi you have here. The definition of the word mũnyiginyigi will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmũnyiginyigi, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòɲìɣíɲìɣíꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩgorogoru, kĩĩhutaatĩ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) Yukawa (1981:102) classifies this term into a group whose only remaining member is thigiriri.[1]

Noun

mũnyiginyigi class 3 (plural mĩnyiginyigi)

  1. backbone, spine[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
  • “mũnyiginyigi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 344. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia