gĩathĩ
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Kikuyu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From gwatha (“to command, to order”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
Noun[edit]
gĩathĩ class 7 (plural ciathĩ)
- appointment for gathering[1]
- prearranged meeting[1]
- any social event where people gather at a market, feast;[1] party
Derived terms[edit]
(Idioms)
(Proverbs)
- gĩathĩ gĩtharagio nĩ gaka kamwe
- gĩathĩ kĩa ngũha nĩ gũtũ
- gĩathĩ kĩa njĩra-inĩ gĩtikinyaga
- gĩathĩ kĩrĩagwo nĩ kĩngĩ
- gĩathĩ kĩrĩ mũrugĩrwo
- gĩathĩ kĩũmũ no kĩa mũrokero
- gĩkuũ gĩtirĩ gĩathĩ
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “gĩathĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 19. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.