-ingĩ

-ingĩ

See also: Ingi and ingi

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ìᵑɡé/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

Adjective

-ingĩ

1. many, much, more[1]

Inflection

agreement of -ingĩ

	Singular	Plural
Class 1, Class 2	mũingĩ	aingĩ
Class 3, Class 4	mũingĩ	mĩingĩ
Class 5, Class 6	rĩingĩ	maingĩ
Class 7, Class 8	kĩingĩ	nyingĩ
Class 9, Class 10	nyingĩ	nyingĩ
Class 11, Class 10	rũingĩ	nyingĩ
Class 12, Class 13	kaingĩ	tũingĩ
Class 14, Class 6	mũingĩ	maingĩ
Class 15, Class 6	kũingĩ	maingĩ
Class 16	haingĩ	-

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• mũingĩ class 3
  • kamũingĩ class 12

Related terms

(Adjectives)

• -ingaingĩ

References

1. “-ingĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 188. Oxford: Clarendon Press.