nathi

Kikuyu

nathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nà(ː)ðíꜜ/
Benson (1964) claims that this a is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

nathi class 9/10 (plural nathi)

  1. cape gooseberry

References

  1. “nathi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 279. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75123.
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