nyaigĩ
Kikuyu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɲàì.ɣě/, /ɲà.ì.ɣé/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2.
- (Kiambu) As for Tonal Class, 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.[1]
Noun
[edit]nyaigĩ class 9/10 (plural nyaigĩ)
- Hard crystalline stone, granite used as scraping stones and burnishing weapons.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “nyaigĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 339. 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.