ciara

See also: Ciara, ciará, and ciàra

Kikuyu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕiaɾa/

Verb

ciara (infinitive gũciara)

  1. to bring forth, to give birth, to give rise[1][2]
  2. to bear (fruit)[2]
  3. to adopt[2]
Derived terms

(Nouns)

(Verbs)

  • gũciarithia

(Proverbs)

  • yaciara mathathatũ yongithagio nĩ mwene

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕiàɾàꜜ/

Noun

ciara class 8

  1. plural of kĩara

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕiàɾáꜜ/

Noun

ciara class 8

  1. plural of kĩara

References

  1. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 227.
  • “ciara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

ciara

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ciar

Venetan

Adjective

ciara

  1. feminine singular of ciaro
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