njũi

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

• njũũi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᶮdʑóː.ì(ꜜ)/

This ũ is pronounced long.^[1]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.^[2]

Noun

njũi class 9/10 (plural njũi)

1. African hunting dog, African wild dog

See also

• mbawa, mũthige

References

1. “njũi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. xxiv–xxv, 336. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
2. 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. I, p. 449. →ISBN