nyenje

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲɛ̀.ᶮdʑɛ́/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including kĩng'ang'i, mũthũa, mũrũarũ, icembe, mũhikania, and so on.[1][2]

Noun

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cockroach

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

nyenje ĩ(r)ĩ gũtũ ĩhũ(ũ)gagia mwene

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.

“nyenje” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 344. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

nyenje (n class, plural Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

cricket

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