njĩra
Kikuyu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Hinde (1904) records njira as an equivalent of English road in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba nsia, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba ndthia, and Swahili njia and ndia as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, nyũmba, etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on. Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[3]
Noun
[edit]njĩra class 9/10 (plural njĩra)
Derived terms
[edit](Proverbs)
- gathutha konagia mũndũ njĩra
- gĩathĩ kĩa njĩra-inĩ gĩtikinyaga
- gũthiĩ kuonagia mũndũ njĩra
- kĩrimũ gĩtindagia andũ njĩra
- kuona kuonagia mũndũ njĩra
- mũũria njĩra ndooraga
- ndũgũ ĩrutagwo njĩra-ini
- ngoro itiumanĩire ta njĩra
- njĩra ndĩraga mũgendi hurũka
- njĩra nguhĩ nĩ ya ũrĩrĩ
- njĩra nguhĩ no ya kanua
- njĩra ya mũũri ĩgĩaga na ime mũthenya
Related terms
[edit](Nouns)
- gacĩra class 12
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 50–51. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 32.
- “njĩra” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.