nyamĩndigi

Kikuyu
nyamĩndigi (Cossypha caffra)

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 15 with a tetrasyllabic stem.

  • (Kiambu)
  • (Kabete) IPA(key): /ɲáméːⁿdìɣì/
The same underlying pattern as that of gĩtambaya.[1]
  • (Murang'a) IPA(key): /ɲámíːⁿdìɣíꜜ/
The same underlying pattern as that of gĩtumumu.[2]
  • (Ndia) IPA(key): /ɲàméːⁿdíɣì/
The same underlying pattern as that of gĩkorora and mũthigari.[2]

Noun

nyamĩndigi class 9/10 (plural nyamĩndigi)

  1. a bird of the genus Cossypha,[3] especially cape robin(-chat) (C. caffra, syn. Dessonornis caffer)[4]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, p. 695. →ISBN
  4. “nyamĩndigi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 341. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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