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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲàì.ɣě/, /ɲà.ì.ɣé/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2.
- (Kiambu) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[1]
Noun
nyaigĩ class 9/10 (plural nyaigĩ)
- Hard crystalline stone, granite used as scraping stones and burnishing weapons.
See also
References
- “nyaigĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 339. Oxford: Clarendon Press.