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. === 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.