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单词 ndaĩ
释义

ndaĩ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ⁿdà.éꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun

ndaĩ class 9/10 (plural ndaĩ)

  1. riddle
    Gwata ndaĩ! - Ndagwata.
    Take the riddle! - I'm taking. (opening formula of the challenger and the respondent)[1]

See also

  • (For examples of riddles, see the following pages) ngurunyu; gĩtarũrũ; gathĩrĩthĩrĩ

References

  1. Lusweti, B. M. (1984). The Hyena and The Rock: A Handbook of Oral Literature for Schools, p. 32. London and Basingstoke: Macmillan.
  • “ndaĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 288. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Further reading

  • Gecaga, B. Mareka (1956, 1963). Gwata ndaĩ: ndaĩ na ng'ano.
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