nyee
See also: nyeeʼ
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲɛ́.ɛ́ꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.[1]
Noun
nyee class 9/10 (plural nyee)
- testicle
- Synonyms: heke, ndendera
See also
- ũruu, mũthita
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.
- “nyee” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 344. Oxford: Clarendon Press.