ndarama
Kikuyu
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English drum.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩboboto, ndaraca, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
editndarama class 9/10 (plural ndarama)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Njagi, James Kinyua. (2016). "Lexical Borrowing and Semantic Change: A Case of English and Gĩkũyũ Contact", p. 27.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- “ndarama” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Shona
editEtymology
editA regional wanderwort, ultimately from Arabic دَرَاهِم (darāhim, “dirhams”); cognates include Tswana talama (“button”), Chichewa ndalama (“money”), and Tsonga ndzalama (“gem”).
Noun
editndaramá class 9 (plural ndaramá class 10)