ndabibi
Kikuyu
 ndabibi (Oxalis latifolia)[1] | .jpg.webp) ndabibi (Trifolium semipilosum)[2] |
Alternative forms
- ndabiibi
Etymology
Benson (1964) suspects affinity with Maasai ol-dabibi.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ⁿdaβiːβi/
- The second i is pronounced long.[2]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a trisyllabic stem, together with mũbariti, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as ndabiibi (“a kind of mushroom”), Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including kĩgongona, njege, and so on.[3]
Noun
ndabibi class 9/10 (plural ndabibi)
- wood sorrel (Oxalis sp.)[4]
- clover (Trifolium sp.)[5]
Hypernyms
- (Oxalis): ria[4]
See also
- (clover): numa
References
- Terry, P.J. and R.W. Michieka (1987). Common weeds of East Africa/Magugu ya Afrika Mashariki, p. 122. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- “ndabibi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 288. 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.
- Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). "Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach," p. 32.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, p. lxvii. →ISBN