Wiktionary

nĩ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ni"

Gokana edit

Noun edit

nĩ

  1. elephant

References edit

Kaingang edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nĩ

  1. meat

Verb edit

nĩ

  1. to live (somewhere)
  2. to be (somewhere)

Kikuyu edit

Pronunciation edit

Particle edit

nĩ

  1. (copula) is[1]
    gũota mwaki nĩ kũhuria - no gain without pain (lit. to warm oneself is to stoke the fire)
  2. (in passive construction) by
    Mwaki wa Ngai ũraaragio nĩ igoto.[2] - God's fire is kept through the night by a dried banana bark.
    Njĩrirũo nĩ kanyoni gakwa.[2] - I was told by my birdlet.
    Thegere igĩrĩ itiremagwo nĩ mwatũ.[2] - Two honey badgers are not defeated by a beehive.

References edit

  1. ^ “nĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 282. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Njũrũri, Ngũmbũ (1969). Gĩkũyũ Proverbs. London: Macmillan.
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