thiĩ

See also: thii

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kuthie as an equivalent of English go in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kuthi as its equivalent.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðie/

Verb

thiĩ (infinitive gũthiĩ)

to go, to walk[2]

Derived terms

(Nouns)

mũthii class 1
thiũrũra class 9
mũthiũrũrũko class 3

(Verbs)

gũthiũrũra
gũthiũrũrũka

(Phrases)

thiĩ na wega

(Proverbs)

gũthiĩ gũtigiragia mũndũ acoke
gũthiĩ kuonagia mũndũ njĩra
hiti ciathiĩ mbwe ciegangara
ngatia ciathiĩ hiti cĩeragara

See also

gũceera, gũtiga, gũũka

References

Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 28–29. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 99, 238.

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