njamba

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Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ᶮdʑà.ᵐbáꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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njamba class 9/10 (plural njamba)

  1. hero[2]
  2. male (of animal)[2]
    Antonym: mũgoma

Derived terms

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(Proverbs)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “njamba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.