nyamĩndigi
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 15 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
- (Kiambu)
- (Murang'a) IPA(key): /ɲámíːⁿdìɣíꜜ/
- (Ndia) IPA(key): /ɲàméːⁿdíɣì/
Noun
nyamĩndigi class 9/10 (plural nyamĩndigi)
- a bird of the genus Cossypha,[3] especially cape robin(-chat) (C. caffra, syn. Dessonornis caffer)[4]
References
- Kagaya, Ryohei (1981). "An Analysis of Tonal Classification of Noun in the Kabete Dialect of Kikuyu." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 1–20.
- Kagaya, Ryohei (1982). "Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 24, 1–42.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, p. 695. →ISBN
- “nyamĩndigi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 341. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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