nĩ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ni"

Gokana

Noun

nĩ

  1. elephant

References

Kaingang

Pronunciation

Noun

nĩ

  1. meat

Verb

nĩ

  1. to live (somewhere)
  2. to be (somewhere)

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

Particle

nĩ

  1. (copula) is[1]
    gũota mwaki nĩ kũhuria - no gain without pain (lit. to warm oneself is to stoke the fire)
  2. (in passive construction) by
    Mwaki wa Ngai ũraaragio nĩ igoto.[2] - God's fire is kept through the night by a dried banana bark.
    Njĩrirũo nĩ kanyoni gakwa.[2] - I was told by my birdlet.
    Thegere igĩrĩ itiremagwo nĩ mwatũ.[2] - Two honey badgers are not defeated by a beehive.

References

  1. ^ “nĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 282. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Njũrũri, Ngũmbũ (1969). Gĩkũyũ Proverbs. London: Macmillan.
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