kanitha
Kikuyu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swahili kanisa.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, 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.[2]
Noun edit
kanitha class 14 (plural makanitha)
Derived terms edit
- athuuri a kanitha class 2
Noun edit
kanitha class 9/10 (plural kanitha)
See also edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “kanitha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 207. 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.