kanitha
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Kikuyu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swahili kanisa.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, 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.[2]
Noun
[edit]kanitha class 14 (plural makanitha)
Derived terms
[edit]- athuuri a kanitha class 2
Noun
[edit]kanitha class 9/10 (plural kanitha)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “kanitha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 207. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ 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.