ihĩndu

Kikuyu
ihĩndu

Alternative forms
  • ihindu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ìhèⁿdǔ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

Noun

ihĩndu class 5 (plural mahĩndu)

  1. Abyssinian banana, ensete (Ensete ventricosum, syn. E. edule[1])

Meronyms

References
  1. “ihĩndu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 157. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1352. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
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