ngatia

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᵑɡátiáꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.^[1]

Noun

ngatia class 9/10 (plural ngatia)

(Northern)^[2]^[3] lion
Synonym: mũrũthi

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

ngatia ciathiĩ hiti cĩeragara

References

^ 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.
^ Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 257.
^ “ngatia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 306. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 10, 33.

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