Kikuyu

See also: kikuyu

English

A Kikuyu woman.

Etymology

Borrowed from Kikuyu Gĩkũyũ.

Noun

Kikuyu (plural Kikuyus or Kikuyu)

1. A member of a Bantu people of Kenya.

Translations

member of Bantu people

• Galician: kikuyu
• Hindi: किकुयू m (kikuyū)
• Hungarian: kikuju (hu)
• Kikuyu: Mũgĩkũyũ
• Polish: Kikuju (pl) m or f
• Russian: кикуйю (ru) (kikujju)
• Serbo-Croatian: Kikuju m
• Swahili: Mkikuyu

Proper noun

Kikuyu

1. The language of this people.
2. A large town in Kiambu County, Kenya, named after the Kikuyu people.

Translations

language

• Galician: kikuyu m
• Hindi: किकुयू m (kikuyū)
• Hungarian: kikuju (hu)
• Irish: Ciocúis f
• Kikuyu: Gĩgĩkũyũ
• Polish: kikuju m
• Swahili: Kikikuyu

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kikuyu terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ki, ISO 639-3 code kik (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Kikuyu, kik ⁠