ndaci

ndaci

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

• ndaaci

Etymology

Borrowed from English dance.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ⁿdàːɕìꜜ/

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.[3]

Noun

ndaci class 9/10 (plural ndaci)

1. dance

See also

• kĩbaata, gĩcukia, rũĩmbo, ndũũgo

References

1. “ndaci” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
2. Njagi, James Kinyua. (2016). "Lexical Borrowing and Semantic Change: A Case of English and Gĩkũyũ Contact", p. 27.
3. 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.