Wiktionary

ikai

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

ikai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いかい

Kikuyu edit

Etymology edit

Hinde (1904) records ikaii (pl. makaii) as an equivalent of English cheek in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ikai class 5 (plural makai)

  1. cheek[2]
    Synonym: rũthĩa[2]
  2. mouthful
    ikai rĩa nyama ti rĩa ngwacĩ - a mouthful of meat is not of potatoes

Holonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 12–13. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.

Okinawan edit

Romanization edit

ikai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いかい
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