enja
Kalo Finnish Romani
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Cardinal: enja Ordinal: enjato |
Etymology
editFrom Greek εννιά (enniá), from Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa), from Proto-Hellenic *ennéwə, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognates include Hindi नौ (nau).
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editenja
Kikuyu
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editHinde (1904) records kuenja as an equivalent of English dig in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba kuendzema and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kuenza as its equivalents.[1]
Verb
editenja (infinitive kwenja)
Etymology 2
editHinde (1904) records kuinja as an equivalent of English shave in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba gumwendza as its equivalent.[3]
Verb
editenja (infinitive kwenja)
Derived terms
edit(Nouns)
- mwenji class 1
(Proverbs)
Related terms
edit(Nouns)
- rwenji class 11
References
edit- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 18–19. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 32, 228.
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 52–53. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, pp. 360–361. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
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