mũnyiginyigi

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Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mòɲìɣíɲìɣíꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩgorogoru, kĩĩhutaatĩ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) Yukawa (1981:102) classifies this term into a group whose only remaining member is thigiriri.[1]

Noun[edit]

mũnyiginyigi class 3 (plural mĩnyiginyigi)

  1. backbone, spine[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
  • “mũnyiginyigi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 344. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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