kĩndũ

Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀. Hinde (1904) records kiindu as an equivalent of English thing and anything in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kiindu (“anything”), kiindu (“thing”) (“Ulu dialect”; spoken then from Machakos to coastal area), kinduki (“thing”) (“Nganyawa dialect”; spoken then in Kitui District) and Swahili kitu as its equivalents.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kèⁿdò(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, ngo, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.

Noun

kĩndũ class 7 (plural indo)

1. thing
2. (in the plural) property
3. (in the plural) livestock

   Synonym: mahiũ

   Hypernym: nyamũ

   Hyponyms: mbũri, ngũrũe, ng'ombe, ng'ondu

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• tũindo class 13
• ũindo class 14

Related terms

(Nouns)

• handũ class 16 / kũndũ class 15b
• kandũ class 12
• mũndũ class 1 / andũ class 2
• ũndũ class 14 / maũndũ class 6