ndinoho

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Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ⁿdìnɔ̀hɔ́ꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.

Noun[edit]

ndinoho class 9/10 (plural ndinoho)

  1. snail

References[edit]

  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. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
  • “ndinoho” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.