-nene

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nene"

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records -nene as an equivalent of English great (and also large) in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba -nene as its equivalent.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɛ̀nɛ́ꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Adjective

-nene

big, large^[2]
Antonym: -nini

Inflection

agreement of -nene

	Singular	Plural
Class 1, Class 2	mũnene	anene
Class 3, Class 4	mũnene	mĩnene
Class 5, Class 6	rĩnene	manene
Class 7, Class 8	kĩnene	nene
Class 9, Class 10	nene	nene
Class 11, Class 10	rũnene	nene
Class 12, Class 13	kanene	tũnene
Class 14, Class 6	mũnene	manene
Class 15, Class 6	kũnene	manene
Class 16	hanene	-

Derived terms

(Nouns)

mũnene class 1
ũnene class 14

References

^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904) Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pages 28–9, 36–7
^ “-nene” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 280. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[hh1904-1] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904) Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pages 28–9, 36–7

[2] “-nene” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 280. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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