Jump to content

ngiria

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Kikuyu

[edit]
FWOTD – 27 June 2020

Pronunciation

[edit]
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]

ngiria class 9/10 (plural ngiria)

  1. silence[2]
  2. loud-chirruping cricket[2]
  3. cicada[2]

References

[edit]
  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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “ngiria” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 309. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=ngiria&oldid=59332530"