gĩkeno

Kikuyu

Etymology

From gũkena (“to be glad”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣèkɛ̀nɔ́/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun

gĩkeno class 7 (plural ikeno)

  1. joy, happiness[1]

References
  1. “gĩkeno” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 213. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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