nyaigĩ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲàì.ɣě/, /ɲà.ì.ɣé/
• As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2.
• (Kiambu) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.

Noun

nyaigĩ class 9/10 (plural nyaigĩ)

1. Hard crystalline stone, granite used as scraping stones and burnishing weapons.

See also

• ngomongo, thũi, mbũrũ, ngũikũni, nyuranyura, ihiga
• inooro

References

• “nyaigĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 339. Oxford: Clarendon Press.