thani

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

thaani

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðáːnǐꜜ/

This a is pronounced long.^[1]

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ðiimbo class which includes thimbũ, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mũbira, mwatũka, etc.^[3] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, kiuga, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mũcura, mwera, kagogo, kĩĩgamba, kĩĩhindiĩ, and so on.^[4]^[5]

Noun

thani class 9/10 (plural thani)

plate

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “thani” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 55: “thani (plate) is from Swahili sahani”
^ 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.
^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

[tgb1964-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “thani” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[2] Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 55: “thani (plate) is from Swahili sahani”

[lea1940-3] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[yy1981-4] 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.

[yy1985-5] Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

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