kĩmera

Kikuyu

Etymology

Derived from kũmera (“to germinate, to sprout”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Kiambu) IPA^(key): /kèmɛ̀ɾà(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.^[2]

Noun

kĩmera class 7 (plural imera)

season (for agriculture)
irio cia kĩmera ― seasonal crops
(agriculture) crops

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

kuona kĩmera ti kũrĩa

References

^ “kĩmera” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 258. 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.

[1] “kĩmera” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 258. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[yy1981-2] 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.

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