ndagĩtarĩ

Kikuyu

Alternative forms
  • ndagitari, ndagitarĩ

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili daktari.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ⁿdàɣétàːɾéꜜ/
The penultimate a is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩgorogoru, kĩĩhutaatĩ, and so on.

Noun

ndagĩtarĩ class 1 (plural mandagĩtarĩ)

  1. doctor
    Synonym: rĩgĩtarĩ

See also

References
  1. “ndagĩtarĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 288. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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