inegene
Kikuyu
Etymology
From a verb kũnegena.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ìnɛ̀ɣɛ̀nɛ́/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a trisyllabic stem, together with mũrĩmĩre, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) IPA(key): /ìnɛ̀ɣɛ́nɛ́/
- As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bangiri, mũhĩrĩga, thakame, and so on.[2]
Noun
inegene class 5 (plural manegene)
- noise, din, chatter[1]
References
- “inegene” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 279. 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.