ndaĩ
Kikuyu edit
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
Noun edit
ndaĩ class 9/10 (plural ndaĩ)
- riddle
- Gwata ndaĩ! - Ndagwata.
- Take the riddle! - I'm taking. (opening formula of the challenger and the respondent)[1]
- Gwata ndaĩ! - Ndagwata.
See also edit
- (For examples of riddles, see the following pages) kĩiniĩ gĩtaita; ngurunyu; gĩtarũrũ; gathĩrĩthĩrĩ
References edit
- “ndaĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 288. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Further reading edit
- Gecaga, B. Mareka (1956, 1963). Gwata ndaĩ: ndaĩ na ng'ano.