ĩtigĩra
Kikuyu
Etymology
Derived from gũtiga (“to stop”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /etiɣeɾa/
Verb
ĩtigĩra (infinitive gwĩtigĩra)
- to be afraid[2] (lit. to stop for oneself)
- Ndũgetigĩre. - Don't be afraid.
References
- “ĩtigĩra” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 447. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960) Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pages 79, 241