kĩhĩĩ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kèhèé/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

kĩhĩĩ class 7 (plural ihĩĩ)

  1. big uncircumcised boy

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

  • arũme ti ihĩĩ
  • haaro nĩ ya mũka ũrĩ ihĩĩ
  • mũici na kĩhĩĩ atigaga kĩeha kĩarua
  • mũruithia arũme aarĩ (o) kĩhĩĩ

(Nouns)

  • ũhĩĩ class 14

See also

References
  1. 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.
  • “kĩhĩĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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