kĩino
See also: kiino
Kikuyu
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[1]
Noun
editkĩino class 7 (plural ciino)
Usage notes
editContains the rũng'ũthũ known as clitoris in English and vulva also known as mboco. For girls before menstruation, it's gati, post menopausal it's gĩti.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- “kĩino” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 187. Oxford: Clarendon Press.