igata
Esperanto
Adjective
igata (accusative singular igatan, plural igataj, accusative plural igatajn)
- singular present passive participle of igi
Japanese
Romanization
igata
Kikuyu
Etymology
Cf. Maasai e-makat (“trona”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ìɣàtáꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]
Noun
igata class 5 (plural magata)
See also
- (piece of trona): mũũnyũ
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “igata” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 103. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.