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. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.[1]
Noun
nyina class 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
- 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.
- “nyina” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.