ndinoho

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ⁿdìnɔ̀hɔ́ꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including rũrĩmĩ, maguta, mũrume, mbũri, itimũ, ikara, mũthia, mũiko, riũa, mbembe, kĩhaato, kĩheeo, ũhoro (pl. mohoro), rĩĩhia,rĩũmba, and so on.[1][2]

Noun

ndinoho class 9/10 (plural ndinoho)

snail

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.

“ndinoho” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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