ngirathi
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Kikuyu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English glass.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- This a is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on. Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.[4]
Noun[edit]
ngirathi class 9/10 (plural ngirathi)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “ngirathi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 309. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Njagi, James Kinyua. (2016). Lexical Borrowing and Semantic Change: A Case of English and Gĩkũyũ Contact, p. 41.
- ^ Kagaya, Ryohei (1982). "Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 24, 1–42.
- ^ 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.