thani

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Kikuyu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili sahani.

Pronunciation

This a is pronounced long.
As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ðiimbo class which includes thimbũ, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mũbira, mwatũka, etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, kiuga, and so on.

Noun

thani class 9/10 (plural thani)

  1. plate

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “thani” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 55: “thani (plate) is from Swahili sahani”
  3. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
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