thandĩ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Kikuyu

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

[edit]

thandĩ class 9/10 (plural thandĩ)

  1. spark[2][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.
  2. ^ “thandĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 493. Oxford: Clarendon Press.