ndigithũ

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 10 with a trisyllabic stem, together with gĩting'ũri, kĩĩgunyĩ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) IPA(key): /ⁿdìɣíðóꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.[1]

Noun

ndigithũ class 9/10 (plural ndigithũ)

  1. large and thin necked[2] pot or jar used for storing water,[3][2] millet, oil[3]

See also

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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 18, 40.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  • “ndigithũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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