gĩkĩngĩ

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili kikingi.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣèkèᵑɡě/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.^[2]

Noun

gĩkĩngĩ class 7 (plural ikĩngĩ)

stake
Synonyms: gĩtingĩ, gĩtugĩ

See also

gĩcuurio, kĩrĩĩgo, rwambo

References

^ “gĩkĩngĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 224. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ 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.

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