njikarĩro

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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From gũikara (to sit).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ᶮdʑìkàɾèɾɔ̀ꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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njikarĩro class 9/10 (plural njikarĩro)

  1. seat (of a stool or a chair)[1]
  2. buttocks[1][2]
    Synonyms: ndina, itina

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 “njikarĩro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 333. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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.