-nini

See also: Nini and nini

Kikuyu edit

Etymology edit

Hinde (1904) records kanyinyi as an equivalent of English small in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba kanini and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kinini as its equivalents.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /nini/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 10 with a disyllabic stem, together with nyanya (“tomato”), and so on.

Adjective edit

-nini

little, small^[2]
Antonym: -nene

Inflection edit

agreement of -nini

	Singular	Plural
Class 1, Class 2	mũnini	anini
Class 3, Class 4	mũnini	mĩnini
Class 5, Class 6	rĩnini	manini
Class 7, Class 8	kĩnini	nini
Class 9, Class 10	nini	nini
Class 11, Class 10	rũnini	nini
Class 12, Class 13	kanini	tũnini
Class 14, Class 6	mũnini	manini
Class 15, Class 6	kũnini	manini
Class 16	hanini	-

References edit

^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904) Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pages –
^ “-nini” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 282. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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

[2] “-nini” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 282. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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