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kunya

See also: kunþa

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Etymology edit

From Arabic كُنْيَة (kunya).

Noun edit

kunya (plural kunyas)

  1. An epithet in Arabic names, typically deriving from the name of the bearer's first-born son.

Hypernyms edit

Hausa edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kún.jàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kʷʊ́ɲ.jàː]

Noun edit

kunyā̀ f (possessed form kunyàr̃)

  1. shame, embarrassment
  2. modesty

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kún.jáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kʷʊ́ɲ.jáː]

Noun edit

kunyā f (plural kunyōyī, possessed form kunyar̃)

  1. (agriculture) row (between ridges)

Kikuyu edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

kunya (infinitive gũkunya)

  1. to pinch[1]

Derived terms edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb edit

kunya (verbal noun of the ku class)

  1. infinitive of -nya
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