kanitha
Kikuyu
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editkanitha class 14 (plural makanitha)
Derived terms
edit- athuuri a kanitha class 2
Noun
editkanitha class 9/10 (plural kanitha)
See also
editReferences
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.