nyamaria
Kikuyu
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCausative form of kũnyamara (“to suffer”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editnyamaria (Infinitive kũnyamaria)
- to inflict suffering upon, to afflict, to distress, to plague, to pester, to persecute, to worry
- 2001, John Kamenyi Wahome, Mũkiingo: (HIV-AIDS) Na Mĩrimũ Ĩngĩ Ĩrĩa Yanathĩĩnia Rũũrĩrĩ Rwitũ, Jemisik Cultural Books, p. 20.
Derived terms
edit(Proverbs)
References
edit- ^ “nyamaria” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 340. Oxford: Clarendon Press.