Kariũki
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See also: Kariuki
Kikuyu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From kũriũka (“to be resurrected”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ɲamo class which includes nyamũ, gũtũ, guka, mũguĩ, mũgwacĩ, mũtwe, rũkũ, ũta, taata (“my aunt”), etc.[4]
Proper noun[edit]
Kariũki
- a male given name; as a nickname,[5] given to a baby if his immediate older brother has been dead earlier.[1]
See also[edit]
- (female counterpart) Njoki
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wanjui, Joseph Barrage (2009). My Native Roots: A Family Story. Nairobi: University of Nairobi Press. →ISBN
- ^ Clements, George N. (1984). "Principles of tone assignment in Kikuyu", p. 288. In Clements, G.N. and J.A. Goldsmith (eds.) Autosegmental studies in Bantu tone, pp. 281–339. Dordrecht: Mouton de Gruyter; Foris Publications. →ISBN
- ^ Ford, K. C. (1975). "The Tones of Nouns in Kikuyu", p. 51. In Studies in African Linguistics, Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 49–64.
- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ Nganga, Nobuko and Peter S. Nganga (2013). "The Kinship System and Rule for Naming Children in Kikuyu People of Kenya", p. 32. 長崎大学教育学部社会科学論叢, 75, pp.25-33.