-ingĩ

See also: Ingi and ingi

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ìᵑɡé/
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.

Adjective

-ingĩ

  1. many, much, more[1]

Inflection

agreement of -ingĩ
Singular Plural
Class 1, Class 2 mũingĩ aingĩ
Class 3, Class 4 mũingĩ mĩingĩ
Class 5, Class 6 rĩingĩ maingĩ
Class 7, Class 8 kĩingĩ nyingĩ
Class 9, Class 10 nyingĩ nyingĩ
Class 11, Class 10 rũingĩ nyingĩ
Class 12, Class 13 kaingĩ tũingĩ
Class 14, Class 6 mũingĩ maingĩ
Class 15, Class 6 kũingĩ maingĩ
Class 16 haingĩ -

Derived terms

(Nouns)

  • mũingĩ class 3
    • kamũingĩ class 12

(Adjectives)

  • -ingaingĩ

References

  1. ^ “-ingĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 188. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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