ndereba

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Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from English driver.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ⁿdɛ̀ɾɛ̀βáꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.

Noun

ndereba (plural ndereba or matereba)

  1. driver, chauffeur[1]

Derived terms

(Nouns)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 “ndereba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 291. Oxford: Clarendon Press.