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ndina

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Javanese

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Noun

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ndina

  1. (colloquial) Nonstandard spelling of dina.

Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ndina class 9/10 (plural ndina)

  1. buttocks
    Synonyms: njikarĩro, itina

Derived terms

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(Proverbs)

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  • “ndina” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 293. Oxford: Clarendon Press.