ikai
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Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
ikai
Kikuyu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Hinde (1904) records ikaii (pl. makaii) as an equivalent of English cheek in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ikai class 5 (plural makai)
- cheek[2]
- mouthful
- ikai rĩa nyama ti rĩa ngwacĩ - a mouthful of meat is not of potatoes
Holonyms[edit]
- (cheek): ũthiũ
References[edit]
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 12–13. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.
Okinawan[edit]
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ikai