nyoni

== Fanagalo == === Etymology === From Zulu inyoni, from Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀nì. === Noun === nyoni bird == Kikuyu == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀nì. Hinde (1904) records nyoni as an equivalent of English bird in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Swahili nyuni etc. as its equivalent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɲɔ̀nì(ꜜ)/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on. === Noun === nyoni class 9/10 (plural nyoni) (diminutive kanyoni) bird ==== Derived terms ==== (Nouns) muoria-nyoni class 3 (Proverbs) gũtirĩ nyoni njega mwere-inĩ nyoni yakaga na mũtheece ũmwe === References === == Teke-Tege == === Noun === nyoni bird