ikai

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records ikaii (pl. makaii) as an equivalent of English cheek in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ikai/

Noun

ikai class 5 (plural makai)

  1. cheek[2]
    Synonym: rũthĩa[2]
  2. mouthful
    ikai rĩa nyama ti rĩa ngwacĩ - a mouthful of meat is not of potatoes

Holonyms

References
  1. Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 12–13. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.
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