ndahi

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Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From gũtaha (“to draw (beer)”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ŋgoko class which includes ngũkũ, hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), kĩng'ang'i, maitũ (“my mother”), mbogo, mũkanda, mũthĩgi, nduka, ngingo, rũthanju, Wambũgũ (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun[edit]

ndahi class 9/10 (plural ndahi)

  1. calabash used for drawing beer etc.[1]

Derived terms[edit]

(Proverbs)

Related terms[edit]

(Nouns)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “ndahi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 288. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
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