thĩgĩngĩ

Kikuyu

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðè.ɣé.ᵑɡè(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as plural form of rũthĩgĩngĩ, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.^[2]

Noun

thĩgĩngĩ class 9/10 (plural thĩgĩngĩ)

barbed wire

References

^ “thĩgĩngĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 520. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ 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.

Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 238.

[1] “thĩgĩngĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 520. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[yy1981-2] 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.

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thĩgĩngĩ

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Kikuyu

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