kĩara

See also: Kiara

Kikuyu

Etymology 1

From a verb kwara.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /keàɾàꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, 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]

Noun

kĩara class 7 (plural ciara)

dunghill, midden, compost pit

Etymology 2

From a verb kwara.[1]

Hinde (1904) records kiarra as an equivalent of English finger in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu[3].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /keàɾáꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]

Noun

kĩara class 7 (plural ciara) (diminutive kaara[4])

finger

Meronyms

rwara

Holonyms

mwĩrĩ[5]
- guoko[5]
  - njara[5]

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

kĩara kĩmwe gĩtiũragaga ndaa

References

“kĩara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 14. 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.
Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 24–25. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Stump, Gregory T. (2005). "Word-formation and inflectional morphology", p. 64. In Pavol Štekauer and Rochelle Lieber (eds.) Handbook of Word-Formation, pp. 49–72. Dordrecht: Springer. →ISBN
Gathara, Janeesther Wanjiru (2015). A cognitive approach to Gikuyu polysemy, pp. 23–24.

[tgb1964-1] “kĩara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 14. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[yy1981-2] 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.

[hh1904-3] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 24–25. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[4] Stump, Gregory T. (2005). "Word-formation and inflectional morphology", p. 64. In Pavol Štekauer and Rochelle Lieber (eds.) Handbook of Word-Formation, pp. 49–72. Dordrecht: Springer. →ISBN

[jwg2015-5] Gathara, Janeesther Wanjiru (2015). A cognitive approach to Gikuyu polysemy, pp. 23–24.

单词	kĩara
释义	kĩara See also: Kiara Kikuyu Etymology 1 From a verb kwara.[1] Pronunciation IPA^(key): /keàɾàꜜ/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, 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] Noun kĩara class 7 (plural ciara) dunghill, midden, compost pit See also mborera Etymology 2 From a verb kwara.[1] Hinde (1904) records kiarra as an equivalent of English finger in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu[3]. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /keàɾáꜜ/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2] Noun kĩara class 7 (plural ciara) (diminutive kaara[4]) finger Meronyms rwara Holonyms mwĩrĩ[5] guoko[5] njara[5] Derived terms (Proverbs) kĩara kĩmwe gĩtiũragaga ndaa References “kĩara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 14. 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. Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 24–25. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Stump, Gregory T. (2005). "Word-formation and inflectional morphology", p. 64. In Pavol Štekauer and Rochelle Lieber (eds.) Handbook of Word-Formation, pp. 49–72. Dordrecht: Springer. →ISBN Gathara, Janeesther Wanjiru (2015). A cognitive approach to Gikuyu polysemy, pp. 23–24.
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