-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.

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

1. big, large

   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