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ndereba

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English driver.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ⁿdɛ̀ɾɛ̀βáꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.

Noun

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ndereba (plural ndereba or matereba)

  1. driver, chauffeur[1]

Derived terms

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(Nouns)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “ndereba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 291. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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