inanathi
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Kikuyu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Swahili mnanasi.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- The penultimate a is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun[edit]
inanathi class 5 (plural mananathi)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “inanathi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 279. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ 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.