ndia
See also: nDia and Ndia
Irish
Noun
ndia m sg
- eclipsed form of dia
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ⁿdìà(ꜜ)/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.
- (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, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[1]
Noun
ndia class 9/10 (plural ndia)
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ “ndia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 292. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Swahili
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Ajami | دِيَ |
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *njɪ̀dà.
Pronunciation
- (Kimvita) IPA(key): /ˈⁿd̪i.ɑ/
Noun
ndia class IX (plural ndia class X)
- (Kimvita) alternative form of njia
- 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, , pages 243–249, stanza 12:
- هُيُوِ دُنِيَ اِيْنَ غُرُرِ ، دِيَ زَتَتَسِ هُزَدَمَيِْ،
- Huyui dunia ina ghururi? ndia za-tatasi huzandamaye?
- This world is deceitful, why follow its ways?