ndĩrĩ

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Kikuyu

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FWOTD – 17 November 2018

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

Noun

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ndĩrĩ class 9/10 (plural ndĩrĩ)

  1. wooden mortar for crushing sugar cane to make beer[2]

Derived terms

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(Proverbs)

See also

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References

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  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.
  2. ^ Barra, G. (1960). 1,000 Kikuyu proverbs: with translations and English equivalents, p. 31. London: Macmillan.
  • “ndĩrĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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