ndahi

Kikuyu

Etymology

From gũtaha (“to draw (beer)”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ⁿdàhí(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ŋgoko class which includes ngũkũ, hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), kĩng'ang'i, maitũ (“my mother”), mbogo, mũkanda, mũthĩgi, nduka, ngingo, rũthanju, Wambũgũ (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun

ndahi class 9/10 (plural ndahi)

  1. calabash used for drawing beer etc.[1]

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

  • mũtumia ndatũraga mũtwe na ndaikagia ndahi ndua

(Nouns)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “ndahi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 288. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
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