ndwari

Kikuyu

Etymology

Derived from kũrũara (“to be sick”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ⁿdwàɾíꜜ/, /ⁿdoàɾíꜜ/

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)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as ndũari, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]

Noun

ndwari class 9/10 (plural ndwari)

severe sickness;[1] traditionally referring to one that was not classified as mũrimũ.[3]

Hyponyms

kĩegetha, rũharo, ũhere, mahĩa, kĩhuti, mahũha, mwĩthũa, mangũ, mbatata, ndangũrũ, mũrimũ wa ihiga, kĩronda, kĩrũngũrĩra, gatema, matende

Related terms

(Adjectives)

-rũaru

(Nouns)

mũrũaru
ũrũaru class 14

References

“ndwari” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 303. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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.
Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, p. 905. →ISBN

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