kĩĩhindiĩ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /keehiⁿdie/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mũcura, mwera, thani, kagogo, kĩĩgamba, and so on.[1][2]

Noun

kĩĩhindiĩ class 7 (plural ciĩhindiĩ)

swimming underwater, diving
gwĩka kĩĩhindiĩ[3] - to dive in and swim

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.
Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
“kĩĩhindiĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 196. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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