kunya

See also: kunþa

English

Etymology

From Arabic كُنْيَة‎ (kunya).

Noun

kunya (plural kunyas)

  1. An epithet in Arabic names, typically deriving from the name of the bearer's first-born son.

Hypernyms

Hausa

Noun

kunyā̀ f (possessed form kunyàr̃)

  1. shame, embarrassment
  2. modesty

Noun

kunyā f (plural kunyōyī, possessed form kunyar̃)

  1. (agriculture) row (between ridges)

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuɲa/

Verb

kunya (infinitive gũkunya)

  1. to pinch[1]

Derived terms

(Nouns)

(Proverbs)

References
  1. Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
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