ndaĩ

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Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ⁿdà.éꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun[edit]

ndaĩ class 9/10 (plural ndaĩ)

riddle
Gwata ndaĩ! - Ndagwata.
Take the riddle! - I'm taking. (opening formula of the challenger and the respondent）^[1]

See also[edit]

(For examples of riddles, see the following pages) kĩiniĩ gĩtaita; ngurunyu; gĩtarũrũ; gathĩrĩthĩrĩ

References[edit]

^ Lusweti, B. M. (1984). The Hyena and The Rock: A Handbook of Oral Literature for Schools, p. 32. London and Basingstoke: Macmillan.

“ndaĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 288. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Further reading[edit]

Gecaga, B. Mareka (1956, 1963). Gwata ndaĩ: ndaĩ na ng'ano.

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