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njeneni

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Kikuyu

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ᶮdʑɛ́nɛ̀ːníꜜ/
The second e is pronounced long.[1][2]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a trisyllabic stem, together with ngũngũni, batĩrĩ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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njeneni class 9/10 (plural njeneni) (diminutive gaceneni)

  1. firefly

References

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  1. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  2. ^ “njeneni” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 332. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ^ 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.
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