kanua
Kikuyu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *kànʊ̀à.
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) 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.[1]
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Noun edit
kanua class 12 (plural tũnua)
Meronyms edit
Derived terms edit
(Proverbs)
- gũtema na kanua ti gũtema na rũhiũ
- iri kanua iri o nda
- irĩ kanua itirĩ nda
- kanua karĩ mata gatiagaga wa kuuga
- kanua karĩa karĩire mbeũ noko koragia 'ngahanda kĩ?'
- kanua kendagia kĩongo
- kanua kene gatinyuaga muma
- kanua nĩ ikahũ
- kanua njero, na mucii ndukomeka ni heho
- kanua werĩire
- kanyamũ koru karoragwo na kanua
- mĩano ndĩtukanagio no kanua
- njĩra nguhĩ no ya kanua
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- “kanua” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 284. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Further reading edit
- Kikuyu Language online: vocabulary and conversation practice (retrieved 7th January 2016)