ndinoho
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ⁿdìnɔ̀hɔ́ꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.
- (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including rũrĩmĩ, maguta, mũrume, mbũri, itimũ, ikara, mũthia, mũiko, riũa, mbembe, kĩhaato, kĩheeo, ũhoro (pl. mohoro), rĩĩhia,rĩũmba, and so on.[1][2]
Noun
ndinoho class 9/10 (plural ndinoho)
- snail
References
- 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.
- Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
- “ndinoho” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.