thani
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili sahani.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- This a is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ðiimbo class which includes thimbũ, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mũbira, mwatũka, etc.[3] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, kiuga, and so on.
- (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mũcura, mwera, kagogo, kĩĩgamba, kĩĩhindiĩ, and so on.[4][5]
Noun
thani class 9/10 (plural thani)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “thani” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Mugane, John M. (2015). The Story of Swahili, p. 55. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press.
- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ 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.