nyina

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nìnà. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɲìnǎꜜ/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a disyllabic stem, together with mũgwacĩ, nyamũ, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on. === Noun === nyina class 1 his or her mother ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== (my) maitũ, mami; (thy) nyũkwa === References === “nyina” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press. == Rwanda-Rundi == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *nìnà, a variant of *jɪ̀nà. === Noun === nyina class 1a (plural bānyina class 2a) his/her mother his/her maternal aunt == Tumbuka == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nìnà. === Noun === nyina class 1a (plural ŵanyina class 2) his/her mother. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎[1], Central Africana Limited