kaĩ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kai"

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kae/

Interjection

kaĩ

  1. expression of astonishment or joy; my word![1]
    Kaĩ ndĩna mũnyaka-ĩ! - My word, I am in luck's way![2]

References

  1. ^ “kaĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 205. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 301. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

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