mwanake
Kikuyu
editPronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.
Noun
editmwanake class 1 (plural aanake)
- young male person who has gone through circumcision but is not yet married
Derived terms
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Related terms
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(Nouns)
- wanake class 14
See also
editReferences
edit- “mwanake” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.