ndotono

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ⁿdɔ̀tɔ́nɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

ndotono class 9/10 (plural ndotono)

  1. A club made of a pulled out shrub or sapling[2] (of mũnderendu (Vepris spp., syn. Teclea spp.) according to Leakey (1977))[3]
    Synonym: thiarĩ

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. ^ “ndotono” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 297. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, pp. 338, 1340.
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