ngathĩti
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- gathĩti, ngathĩĩti
Etymology
Borrowed from English gazette.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ᵑɡàðéːtì(ꜜ)/
- This ĩ is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.[2]
Noun
ngathĩti class 9/10 (plural ngathĩti)
- newspaper[1]
- magazine[1]
- official journal, official gazette[1]
References
- “ngathĩti” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 306. 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.