ndaraca
Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili daraja.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ⁿdàɾàɕǎ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩboboto, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[2]
Noun
ndaraca class 9/10 (plural ndaraca)
- bridge[1][2]
- social class[1]
- military rank[1]
See also
- (bridge) mũgogo
References
- “ndaraca” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 289. 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.