ndagĩtarĩ
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- ndagitari, ndagitarĩ
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili daktari.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ⁿdàɣétàːɾéꜜ/
- The penultimate a is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩgorogoru, kĩĩhutaatĩ, and so on.
Noun
ndagĩtarĩ class 1 (plural mandagĩtarĩ)
- doctor
- Synonym: rĩgĩtarĩ
See also
- mũndũ mũgo, mũrigiti
References
- “ndagĩtarĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 288. Oxford: Clarendon Press.