kĩhĩĩ
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kèhèé/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.[1]
Noun
kĩhĩĩ class 7 (plural ihĩĩ)
- big uncircumcised boy
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- arũme ti ihĩĩ
- haaro nĩ ya mũka ũrĩ ihĩĩ
- mũici na kĩhĩĩ atigaga kĩeha kĩarua
- mũruithia arũme aarĩ (o) kĩhĩĩ
Related terms
(Nouns)
- ũhĩĩ class 14
See also
- kahĩĩ < kĩhĩĩ < mwanake < mũthuuri
References
- 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.
- “kĩhĩĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.