nda

ńdà

1. and

ńdà

1. [with oblique] with

• Terrill B. Schrock (2017) The Ik language: Dictionary and grammar sketch, Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 175

Probably cognate to Rwanda-Rundi inda.

• IPA^(key): /ⁿdàꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, ngo, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.^[1]

nda class 9/10 (plural nda)

1. belly, stomach

(Proverbs)

• ciira wothe wambagĩrĩrio na nda
• iri kanua iri o nda
• irĩ kanua itirĩ nda
• (kanyamũ) karĩ nda gatiĩyumbũraga
• mwathwo nĩ nda a(a)kĩra/arũgĩ(ĩ)te mwathwo nĩ ithe
• nĩ ngingo ĩtindaga ĩrĩ theri ti nda
• nda ĩmwe yuumaga gĩthayo na mũũgĩ
• nda ti mũtwe
• riko na nda itiagaga
• rĩrĩ nda rĩkuaga ũnene

• ihu

• “nda” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

• Kikuyu Language online: vocabulary and conversation practice (retrieved 7th January 2016)

Proto-Bantu *-dàì

nda class 9

1. height

-nda

1. tall

nda

1. eye

nda

1. wife

• IPA^(key): /ŋ̀.dá/

ǹdá (plural ǹdázhì)

1. father

   Synonym: bàbá

2. older male relative
3. senior

nda

1. alternative spelling of ndá: eclipsed form of da (“two”)