nzũkĩ

Kamba edit

Etymology edit

Hinde (1904) records nsuki and kinyu of “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) and nzuki of “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) as equivalents of English bee, listing also “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu njuki and Swahili nyuki as their equivalents.^[1]

Noun edit

nzũkĩ^[2]

bee
ũkĩ wa nzũkĩ - honey^[3]

References edit

^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 6–7. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
^ Whiteley, W.H. and M.G. Muli (1962). Practical Introduction to Kamba, p. 163. London: Oxford University Press.
^ Farnsworth, E.M. (1957). A Kamba grammar, p. 76. Ukamba, Kenya: Africa Inland Mission.

[hh1904-1] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 6–7. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[2] Whiteley, W.H. and M.G. Muli (1962). Practical Introduction to Kamba, p. 163. London: Oxford University Press.

[3] Farnsworth, E.M. (1957). A Kamba grammar, p. 76. Ukamba, Kenya: Africa Inland Mission.

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