cindano
Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili sindano.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɕiⁿdanɔ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 11 with a trisyllabic stem.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including 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.[2]
- (Murang'a, Nyeri) IPA(key): /ɕìːⁿdànɔ̀ꜜ/
- The same underlying pattern as that of mũthuuri.[3]
- (Ndia) IPA(key): /ɕìːⁿdànɔ̀/
- The same underlying pattern as that of mũthuuri.[3]
Noun
cindano class 14 (plural macindano)[1]
- needle
References
- “cingano” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 60. 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.
- Kagaya, Ryohei (1982). "Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 24, 1–42.