wandĩndĩ

Kikuyu

FWOTD – 1 February 2020

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wàⁿdèⁿdèꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩberethi, mbogoro, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.

Noun

wandĩndĩ

1. single-stringed chordophone

References

• “wandĩndĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 560. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Kavyu, Paul N. (2013). "Music in Kenya". In Ruth M. Stone (ed.) The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Africa. New York: Routledge. →ISBN