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)
- riddle
- Gwata ndaĩ! - Ndagwata.
- Take the riddle! - I'm taking. (opening formula of the challenger and the respondent)[1]
- Gwata ndaĩ! - Ndagwata.
See also
- (For examples of riddles, see the following pages) ngurunyu; gĩtarũrũ; gathĩrĩthĩrĩ
References
- 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.