njamba
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ᶮdʑà.ᵐbáꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[1]
Noun
njamba class 9/10 (plural njamba)
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- mũcakwe ũgũithagia njamba
- mũrũngũru wa njamba ũmaathaga na ime
See also
- (male): njogoo
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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “njamba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.