nzũkĩ

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Kamba

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records nsuki and kinyu of “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) and nzuki of “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) as equivalents of English bee, listing also “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu njuki and Swahili nyuki as their equivalents.[1]

Noun

nzũkĩ[2]

  1. bee
    ũkĩ wa nzũkĩ - honey[3]

References

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 6–7. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ Whiteley, W.H. and M.G. Muli (1962). Practical Introduction to Kamba, p. 163. London: Oxford University Press.
  3. ^ Farnsworth, E.M. (1957). A Kamba grammar, p. 76. Ukamba, Kenya: Africa Inland Mission.
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