nyũmba

See also: nyumba

Kamba

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀mbá. Hinde (1904) records nyumba of “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) and numba of “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) as equivalents of English house, listing also “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu nyumba and Swahili nyumba as their equivalents.^[1]

Noun

nyũmba

house^[2]

References

^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 32–33. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
^ Whiteley, W.H. and M.G. Muli (1962). Practical Introduction to Kamba, p. 25. London: Oxford University Press.

Kikuyu

nyũmba (#1)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀mbá. Hinde (1904) records nyumba as an equivalent of English house in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba nyumba, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba numba, and Swahili nyumba as its equivalents.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲò.ᵐbǎ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, etc.^[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981) classified this term into a group including mũka, ngitĩ, mwĩrĩ, kĩroboto, etc.,^[3] which Yukawa (1985) merges to another group including kahiũ, mũtĩ, and so on.^[4]

Noun

nyũmba class 9/10 (plural nyũmba)

house; a hut where woman lives^[5]
lineage,^[5] family
Hypernym: mũhĩrĩga
room
Synonym: rumu

nyũmba ya toro ― bedroom^[5]

Derived terms

(Phrases)

nyũmba ya mbũmbũĩ

(Proverbs)

Related terms

(Nouns)

kĩũmba class 7

References

^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 32–33. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
^ 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.
^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 “nyũmba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 354. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[hh1904-1] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 32–33. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[2] Whiteley, W.H. and M.G. Muli (1962). Practical Introduction to Kamba, p. 25. London: Oxford University Press.

[hh1904-3] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 32–33. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[lea1940-4] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[yy1981-5] 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.

[yy1985-6] Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

[tgb1964-7] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 “nyũmba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 354. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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