nyenje

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲɛ̀.ᶮdʑɛ́/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including kĩng'ang'i, mũthũa, mũrũarũ, icembe, mũhikania, and so on.^[1]^[2]

Noun

nyenje class 9/10 (plural nyenje)

cockroach

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

nyenje ĩ(r)ĩ gũtũ ĩhũ(ũ)gagia mwene

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

“nyenje” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 344. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

nyenje (n class, plural nyenje)

cricket

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