icani
Kikuyu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swahili majani (“leaves”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- This a is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.
Noun edit
icani class 5 (plural macani)