nyina

See also: nyina-

Kikuyu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nìnà.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲìnǎꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a disyllabic stem, together with mũgwacĩ, nyamũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.^[1]

Noun

nyina class 1

his or her mother

Derived terms

Proverbs

gũtirĩ mũtumia wenjagĩrwo mbuĩ kwa nyina
kĩrimũ kĩongaga nyina arĩ mũkuũ
mwana wa rwendo arĩaga nyina na ithe
nyina wa thaka ndarĩ matũ
ũthayo na ng'aragu nĩ mũndũ na mũrũ wa nyina

See also

(my) maitũ, mami; (thy) nyũkwa

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.

“nyina” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nìnà, a variant of *jɪ̀nà.

Noun

nyina class 1a (plural bānyina class 2a)

his/her mother
his/her maternal aunt

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nìnà.

Noun

nyina class 1a (plural ŵanyina class 2)

his/her mother.

Derived terms

cinyina
nyinafwe
nyinamwe
nyinarumi
nyinavyara
nyinaŵo

References

Wm. Y. Turner, Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English-Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary, 1996