gĩtaigua
Kikuyu
editEtymology
editDerived from kũigua (“to hear”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
editgĩtaigua class 7 (plural itaigua)
- deaf person[1][2]
- Synonym: mbũra-matũ
- (derogatory) the deaf[3]
- disobedient person[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “gĩtaigua” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 427. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ^ wa-Mungai, Mbugua (2009). ""For I name thee…": Disability Onomastics in Kenyan Folklore and Popular Music." Disability Studies Quarterly: the first journal in the field of disability studies 4(29). →ISSN