-raya
See also: raya
Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records -raiya as an equivalent of English high in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾàːjǎ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
Adjective
-raya
- long[2]
- Synonym: -raihu
- Antonym: -kuhĩ
- tall[2]
- Synonym: -raihu
- Antonym: -kuhĩ
- far[2]
- Synonym: -raihu
- Antonym: -kuhĩ
Inflection
agreement of -raya
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1, Class 2 | mũraya | araya |
| Class 3, Class 4 | mũraya | mĩraya |
| Class 5, Class 6 | iraya | maraya |
| Class 7, Class 8 | kĩraya | ndaya |
| Class 9, Class 10 | ndaya | ndaya |
| Class 11, Class 10 | rũraya | ndaya |
| Class 12, Class 13 | karaya | tũraya |
| Class 14, Class 6 | mũraya | maraya |
| Class 15, Class 6 | kũraya | maraya |
| Class 16 | haraya | - |
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- ndaya ĩkinyia
Related terms
(Nouns)
- ũraya class 14
References
- Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 32–3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “-raya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 374. Oxford: Clarendon Press.