thandĩ

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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.