kanyoni
Kikuyu
editEtymology
editka- (“diminutive”) + nyoni (“bird”)
Pronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
Noun
editkanyoni class 12 (plural tũnyoni)
Derived terms
edit(Nouns)
- kanyoni-ka-nja class 12
(Proverbs)
References
edit- “kanyoni” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 349. Oxford: Clarendon Press.