ngathĩti
Appearance
Kikuyu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English gazette.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- This ĩ is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
[edit]ngathĩti class 9/10 (plural ngathĩti)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 “ngathĩti” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 306. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ 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.