nyamĩndigi

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Kikuyu

nyamĩndigi (Cossypha caffra)

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 15 with a tetrasyllabic stem.

  • (Kiambu)
  • (Kabete) IPA(key): /ɲáméːⁿdìɣì/
The same underlying pattern as that of gĩtambaya.[1]
  • (Murang'a) IPA(key): /ɲámíːⁿdìɣíꜜ/
The same underlying pattern as that of gĩtumumu.[2]
  • (Ndia) IPA(key): /ɲàméːⁿdíɣì/
The same underlying pattern as that of gĩkorora and mũthigari.[2]

Noun

nyamĩndigi class 9/10 (plural nyamĩndigi)

  1. a bird of the genus Cossypha,[3] especially a Cape robin-chat (C. caffra, syn. Dessonornis caffer)[4]

References

  1. ^ Kagaya, Ryohei (1981). "An Analysis of Tonal Classification of Noun in the Kabete Dialect of Kikuyu." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 1–20.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kagaya, Ryohei (1982). "Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 24, 1–42.
  3. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, p. 695. →ISBN
  4. ^ “nyamĩndigi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 341. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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