ndaraca

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili daraja.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ⁿdàɾàɕǎ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩboboto, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.^[2]

Noun

ndaraca class 9/10 (plural ndaraca)

See also

(bridge) mũgogo

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 “ndaraca” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 289. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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.