kĩĩhindiĩ

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /keehiⁿdie/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mũcura, mwera, thani, kagogo, kĩĩgamba, and so on.^[1]^[2]

Noun

kĩĩhindiĩ class 7 (plural ciĩhindiĩ)

swimming underwater, diving
gwĩka kĩĩhindiĩ^[3] - to dive in and swim

References

^ 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.
^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
^ “kĩĩhindiĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 196. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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