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单词 nyina
释义

nyina

See also: nyina-

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲìnǎꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a disyllabic stem, together with mũgwacĩ, nyamũ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (my aunt), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.[1]

Noun

nyina class 1

  1. his or her mother

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

  • gũtirĩ mũtumia wenjagĩrwo mbuĩ kwa nyina
  • kĩrimũ kĩongaga nyina arĩ mũkuũ
  • mwana wa rwendo arĩaga nyina na ithe
  • nyina wa thaka ndarĩ matũ
  • ũthayo na ng'aragu nĩ mũndũ na mũrũ wa nyina

See also

  • (my) maitũ, mami; (thy) nyũkwa

References

  1. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75123.
  • “nyina” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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