Kikuyu edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ĩta (infinitive gwĩta)

  1. to call[1]
    Njĩtagwo...[2] - My name is... (lit. I am called...)
  2. to invite[1]

Derived terms edit

(Nouns)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  2. ^ Bennett, Patrick R., Ann Biersteker, Waithira Gikonyo, Susan Hershberg, Joel Kamande, Carolyn Perez and Martha Swearingen (1985). Gĩkũyũ nĩ Kĩoigire: Aria-i na Aagĩkũyũ, pp. 52–53. African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison.