ithe

• IPA^(key): /aɪð/
• Rhymes: -aɪð

From Middle English ythe, ithe, uthe, from Old English ȳþ (“wave, billow, flood, sea, liquid, water”), from Proto-Germanic *unþiz, *unþī (“wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *unt-, *und- (“wave”). Cognate with German Unde (“flood, wave”), Icelandic unnur (“wave”), Latin unda (“wave”).

ithe (plural ithes)

1. (archaic) A wave.
2. (obsolete, in the plural) Waves; the sea.

From Middle English ithen, related to Old Norse iðja (“to be active, do, perform”).

ithe (third-person singular simple present ithes, present participle ithing, simple past and past participle ithed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To thrive; flourish; prosper.

• Heit, Hite

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪhə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈiːhə/, /ˈiː.ə/, /iə/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /iː/

ithe

1. inflection of ith:
   1. present subjunctive analytic
   2. (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

ithe m (genitive singular ite)

1. verbal noun of ith
2. eating

(as verbal noun):

(as regular noun):

• IPA^(key): /ìðɛ̌/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[1]

ithe class 1

1. his or her father

(Proverbs)

• gũtirĩ mwana ũngĩtema agĩtemera ithe
• ithe wa thaka ndarĩ matũ
• mwana mũkũrũ na ithe nĩ hamwe
• mwana ndahũragwo ithe arĩ ho
• mwana ndetagia ithe nyama
• mwana wa rwendo arĩaga nyina na ithe
• mwathwo nĩ nda a(a)kĩra/arũgĩ(ĩ)te mwathwo nĩ ithe
• ũrĩ ithe ndaringagwo ya ngoro

• (my) baba; (thy) thoguo

• “ithe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 192. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

ithe

1. Alternative form of ythe

• IPA^(key): /ˈiθʲe/

ithe f

1. verbal noun of ithid

ithe f

1. (act of) eating