enja
Albanian
Noun
enja
- inflection of enjë:
- definite nominative singular
- indefinite nominative/accusative plural
Kalo Finnish Romani
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Etymology
From Greek εννιά (enniá), from Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa), from Proto-Hellenic *ennéwə, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognates include Hindi नौ (nau).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈenja/
Numeral
enja
Kikuyu
FWOTD – 22 April 2020
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛᶮdʑa/
Etymology 1
Hinde (1904) records kuenja as an equivalent of English dig in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba kuendzema and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kuenza as its equivalents.[1]
Verb
enja (infinitive kwenja)
Etymology 2
Hinde (1904) records kuinja as an equivalent of English shave in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba gumwendza as its equivalent.[3]
Verb
enja (infinitive kwenja)
Derived terms
(Nouns)
- mwenji class 1
(Proverbs)
- kĩongo kĩenjagwo mwene oiga
Related terms
(Nouns)
- rwenji class 11
References
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 18–19. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 32, 228.
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 52–53. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, pp. 360–361. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).