ndawa

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Kikuyu

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Swahili dawa.[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]
The first a is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

[edit]

ndawa class 9/10 (plural ndawa)

  1. drug
    Synonym: mũthaiga

References

[edit]
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “ndawa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 291. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=ndawa&oldid=56519344"