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Kikuyu
Etymology
Causative form of kũnyamara (“to suffer”).
Pronunciation
Verb
nyamaria (Infinitive kũnyamaria)
- to inflict suffering upon, to afflict, to distress, to plague, to pester, to persecute, to worry
- 2001, John Kamenyi Wahome, Mũkiingo: (HIV-AIDS) Na Mĩrimũ Ĩngĩ Ĩrĩa Yanathĩĩnia Rũũrĩrĩ Rwitũ, Jemisik Cultural Books, p. 20.
Derived terms
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References
- ^ “nyamaria” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 340. Oxford: Clarendon Press.