thani

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

thaani

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðáːnǐꜜ/

This a is pronounced long.[1]

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ðiimbo class which includes thimbũ, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mũbira, mwatũka, etc.[3] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, kiuga, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mũcura, mwera, kagogo, kĩĩgamba, kĩĩhindiĩ, and so on.[4][5]

Noun

thani class 9/10 (plural thani)

plate

References

“thani” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Mugane, John M. (2015). The Story of Swahili, p. 55. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press.
Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
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.
Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

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[tgb1964-1] “thani” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[2] Mugane, John M. (2015). The Story of Swahili, p. 55. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press.

[lea1940-3] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[yy1981-4] 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.

[yy1985-5] Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.