kanyoni
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Kikuyu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ka- (“diminutive”) + nyoni (“bird”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
Noun[edit]
kanyoni class 12 (plural tũnyoni)
Derived terms[edit]
(Nouns)
- kanyoni-ka-nja class 12
(Proverbs)
References[edit]
- “kanyoni” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 349. Oxford: Clarendon Press.