kanyoni
Kikuyu
Etymology
ka- (diminutive-) + nyoni (bird)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kàɲɔ̀nì(ꜜ)/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
Noun
kanyoni class 12 (plural tũnyoni)
- small bird, birdlet
Derived terms
(Nouns)
- kanyoni-ka-nja class 12
(Proverbs)
- njĩrirũo nĩ kanyoni gakwa
References
- “kanyoni” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 349. Oxford: Clarendon Press.