nyenje
Kikuyu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
- (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including kĩng'ang'i, mũthũa, mũrũarũ, icembe, mũhikania, and so on.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]nyenje class 9/10 (plural nyenje)
Derived terms
[edit](Proverbs)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
- “nyenje” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 344. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nyenje class IX (plural nyenje class X)
Categories:
- Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Kikuyu lemmas
- Kikuyu nouns
- Kikuyu class 9 nouns
- Kikuyu class 10 nouns
- ki:Insects
- Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili class IX nouns
- sw:Crickets and grasshoppers