tonya
See also: Tonya
English
Etymology
Japanese 問屋
Noun
tonya (plural tonya)
- (historical) A trade broker in Japan, usually a wholesaler, warehouse manager, or shipment manager.
Anagrams
- atony, ayont
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔːɲa/
- This o is pronounced long.[1]
Verb
tonya (infinitive gũtonya)
- to enter
Antonyms
- kuuma
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- mũrimũ ndũrĩ hinya ũgĩtonya mwĩrĩ ta ũkiuma
References
- “tonya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 460. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).