Kikuyu edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Swahili daktari.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ⁿdàɣétàːɾéꜜ/
The penultimate a is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩgorogoru, kĩĩhutaatĩ, and so on.

Noun edit

ndagĩtarĩ class 1 (plural mandagĩtarĩ)

  1. doctor
    Synonym: rĩgĩtarĩ

See also edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 “ndagĩtarĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 288. Oxford: Clarendon Press.