ikinya

== Kikuyu == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ìkìɲáꜜ/ As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on. Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on. === Noun === ikinya class 5 (plural makinya) sole footprint makinya ma njogu - elephant's footprints ==== Derived terms ==== (Proverbs) ikinya na thĩ itiaganaga ==== Related terms ==== (Verbs) gũkinya ==== See also ==== (sole): kũgũrũ === References === “ikinya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.