nyaigĩ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲàì.ɣě/, /ɲà.ì.ɣé/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2.
(Kiambu) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[1]

Noun

nyaigĩ class 9/10 (plural nyaigĩ)

Hard crystalline stone, granite used as scraping stones and burnishing weapons.

See also

ngomongo, thũi, mbũrũ, ngũikũni, nyuranyura, ihiga
inooro

References

“nyaigĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 339. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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.

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