njahĩ
See also: njahi
Kikuyu
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njahĩ
Lablab purpureus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ᶮdʑàhě/
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, nyũmba, etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
njahĩ class 9/10 (plural njahĩ)
- seed(s) of hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus, syn. Dolichos lablab[3])
- Hyponym: nyamũirũ
Derived terms
- mbura ya njahĩ
References
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- 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.
- “njahĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 330. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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