kanyĩrĩ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kàɲéɾéꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.

Noun

kanyĩrĩ class 12 (plural tũnyĩrĩ)

  1. long tailfeather of male bird[1]

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

  • kanyĩrĩ kainagio nĩ mwene

(Nouns)

See also

References
  1. “kanyĩrĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 347. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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