igana
التعريفات والمعاني
== Kikuyu ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /iɣana/
=== Verb ===
igana (infinitive kũigana)
to be sufficient, to be enough, to come up to a point, to be up to
==== Derived terms ====
ngumo ndĩigana mwene
=== References ===
“igana” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 182. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
== Nyankole ==
=== Etymology ===
Loanword from an extinct Central Sudanic language; compare with Mangbetu kana (“one”).
=== Noun ===
igana class 5 (plural [Term?] class 6, augmentless igana, plural augmentless [Term?])
one hundred
=== References ===
Patterns of Bantu and Central Sudanic Settlement in Central and Southern Africa (CA. 1000 B.C. - 500 A.D.)[1], 1973, page 36