ndemwa

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === From gũtema (“to cut (with a knife)”). Hinde (1904) records mdemua as an equivalent of English tattoo in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ⁿdɛ́moáꜜ/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on. === Noun === ndemwa class 9/10 (plural ndemwa) tattoo letter (of alphabet) ==== Related terms ==== (Nouns) mũtemi class 1 (Verbs) gũtemwo ==== See also ==== (letter): mwandĩko === References ===