ngatia

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᵑɡátiáꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.[1]

Noun

ngatia class 9/10 (plural ngatia)

(Northern)[2][3] lion
Synonym: mũrũthi

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

ngatia ciathiĩ hiti cĩeragara

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.
Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 257.
“ngatia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 306. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 10, 33.

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