nyũmba

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See also: nyumba

Kamba[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀mbá. Hinde (1904) records nyumba of “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) and numba of “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) as equivalents of English house, listing also “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu nyumba and Swahili nyumba as their equivalents.[1]

Noun[edit]

nyũmba

  1. house[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 32–33. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ Whiteley, W.H. and M.G. Muli (1962). Practical Introduction to Kamba, p. 25. London: Oxford University Press.

Kikuyu[edit]

nyũmba (#1)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀mbá. Hinde (1904) records nyumba as an equivalent of English house in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba nyumba, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba numba, and Swahili nyumba as its equivalents.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

Noun[edit]

nyũmba class 9/10 (plural nyũmba)

  1. house; a hut where woman lives[5]
  2. lineage,[5] family
    Hypernym: mũhĩrĩga
  3. room
    Synonym: rumu
    nyũmba ya toro ― bedroom[5]

Derived terms[edit]

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Related terms[edit]

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 32–33. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 “nyũmba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 354. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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