Kikuyu

See also: kikuyu

English

A Kikuyu woman.

Etymology

Borrowed from Kikuyu Gĩkũyũ.

Noun

Kikuyu (plural Kikuyus or Kikuyu)

1. A member of a Bantu people of Kenya.

Translations

member of Bantu people

• Galician: kikuyu
• Hindi: किकुयू m (kikuyū)
• Hungarian: kikuju (hu)
• Kikuyu: Mũgĩkũyũ
• Polish: Kikuju (pl) m or f
• Russian: кикуйю (ru) (kikujju)
• Serbo-Croatian: Kikuju m
• Swahili: Mkikuyu

Proper noun

Kikuyu

1. The language of this people.
   • 2023 December 30, Daniel W. Hieber, “Why I hate conlangs”, in Linguistic Discovery‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 May 2024:

     If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own.

2. A large town in Kiambu County, Kenya, named after the Kikuyu people.

Translations

language

• Galician: kikuyu m
• Hindi: किकुयू m (kikuyū)
• Hungarian: kikuju (hu)
• Irish: Ciocúis f
• Japanese: キクユ語 (ja) (Kikuyu-go)
• Kikuyu: Gĩgĩkũyũ
• Polish: kikuju m
• Swahili: Kikikuyu

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kikuyu terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ki, ISO 639-3 code kik (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Kikuyu, kik ⁠