nyama
Bhele
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Noun
[edit]nyama class 9
References
[edit]- Bhele Dictionary[1], SIL International, 2025
Boloki
[edit]Noun
[edit]nyama
Chichewa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nyama class 9 (plural nyama class 10)
Fanagalo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Zulu inyama, from Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Noun
[edit]nyama
Kikuyu
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Hinde (1904) records nyama as an equivalent of English meat in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba nyamma and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba nama, and Swahili nyama as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[3]
Noun
[edit]nyama class 9
Derived terms
[edit](Proverbs)
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- 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)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[3]
Noun
[edit]nyama class 9/10 (plural nyama)
References
[edit]- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 38–39. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ^ “nyama” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 340. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903], v. I, p. 455. →ISBN
Kumu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Noun
[edit]nyama class 9
References
[edit]- Komo Dictionary[2], SIL International, 2013.
Lala (South Africa)
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Noun
[edit]nyama
Lingala
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]nyama class 9 (plural nyama class 10, colloquial plural banyama class 2)
Mwani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Noun
[edit]nyama
Sango
[edit]Noun
[edit]nyama
Shona
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Noun
[edit]nyama class 9 (plural nyama class 10)
Swahili
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nyama class IX (no plural)
Related terms
[edit]Teke-Tege
[edit]Noun
[edit]nyama
Tsonga
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Noun
[edit]nyama class 9
Categories:
- Bhele terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Bhele terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Bhele lemmas
- Bhele nouns
- Bhele class 9 nouns
- Boloki lemmas
- Boloki nouns
- Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chichewa lemmas
- Chichewa nouns
- Chichewa class 9 nouns
- ny:Animals
- ny:Foods
- Fanagalo terms inherited from Zulu
- Fanagalo terms derived from Zulu
- Fanagalo terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Fanagalo terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Fanagalo lemmas
- Fanagalo nouns
- Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Kikuyu lemmas
- Kikuyu nouns
- Kikuyu class 9 nouns
- Kikuyu class 10 nouns
- ki:Foods
- ki:African insectivores
- Kumu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Kumu terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Kumu lemmas
- Kumu nouns
- Kumu class 9 nouns
- Lala (South Africa) terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Lala (South Africa) terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Lala (South Africa) lemmas
- Lala (South Africa) nouns
- Lingala terms borrowed from Swahili
- Lingala terms derived from Swahili
- Lingala lemmas
- Lingala nouns
- Lingala class 9 nouns
- ln:Animals
- ln:Meats
- ln:People
- Mwani terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Mwani terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Mwani lemmas
- Mwani nouns
- Sango lemmas
- Sango nouns
- Shona terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Shona terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Shona lemmas
- Shona nouns
- Shona class 9 nouns
- sn:Foods
- Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili uncountable nouns
- Swahili class IX nouns
- sw:Foods
- Teke-Tege lemmas
- Teke-Tege nouns
- Tsonga terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Tsonga terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Tsonga lemmas
- Tsonga nouns
- Tsonga class 9 nouns
- ts:Foods