kunya

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English

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Etymology

From Arabic كُنْيَة (kunya).

Noun

kunya (plural kunyas)

  1. An epithet in Arabic names, typically deriving from the name of the bearer's first-born son.

Hypernyms

Hausa

Noun

kunyā̀ f (possessed form kunyàr̃)

  1. shame, embarrassment
  2. modesty

Noun

kunyā f (plural kunyōyī, possessed form kunyar̃)

  1. (agriculture) row (between ridges)

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

Verb

kunya (infinitive gũkunya)

  1. to pinch[1]

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
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