ndia

See also: nDia and Ndia

Irish

Noun

ndia m sg

1. Eclipsed form of dia.

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ⁿdìà(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.

Noun

ndia class 9/10 (plural ndia)

1. broad or deep pool in river

See also

• iria

Swahili

Other scripts
Ajami	دِيَ

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njɪ̀dà.

Noun

ndia (n class, plural ndia)

1. (Kimvita) Alternative form of njia
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 12:

     هُيُوِ دُنِيَ اِيْنَ غُرُرِ ، دِيَ زَتَتَسِ هُزَدَمَيِْ،

     Huyui dunia ina ghururi? ndia za-tatasi huzandamaye?

     This world is deceitful, why follow its ways?