ndarama

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from English drum.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ⁿdàɾàmǎ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩboboto, ndaraca, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

ndarama class 9/10 (plural ndarama)

  1. drum

See also

References

  1. ^ Njagi, James Kinyua. (2016). "Lexical Borrowing and Semantic Change: A Case of English and Gĩkũyũ Contact", p. 27.
  2. ^ 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.
  • “ndarama” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Shona

Etymology

A regional wanderwort, ultimately from Arabic دَرَاهِم (darāhim, “dirhams”); cognates include Tswana talama (“button”), Chichewa ndalama (“money”), and Tsonga ndzalama (“gem”).

Noun

ndaramá class 9 (plural ndaramá class 10)

  1. precious metal, (especially) gold

See also

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