rĩa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ria"
Kikuyu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]rĩa (infinitive kũrĩa)
Derived terms
[edit](verbs)
(Proverbs)
- gĩtonga kĩrĩaga mũnyuko
- ĩrĩ gũkũra ĩrĩagwo iguku nĩ aka
- kanua karĩa karĩire mbeũ noko koragia 'ngahanda kĩ?'
- kũona kĩmera ti kuo gũkĩrĩa
- kũrĩa nĩ kwĩrĩagĩra
- mũikari mũtĩ gĩtina nĩwe ũĩ kĩrĩa thambo ĩrĩaga
- mwana wa rwendo arĩaga nyina na ithe
- ngoro ĩrĩĩaga kĩrĩa yenda
- warĩire athĩnirie waigire
- wega warĩire karĩgũ
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 32, 236.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “rĩa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.