kanyĩrĩ
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kàɲéɾéꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.
Noun
kanyĩrĩ class 12 (plural tũnyĩrĩ)
- long tailfeather of male bird[1]
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- kanyĩrĩ kainagio nĩ mwene
Related terms
(Nouns)
- mũnyĩrĩ class 3
See also
- mũnyugĩ, ruoya, gĩtukũ
References
- “kanyĩrĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 347. Oxford: Clarendon Press.