nyama
Chichewa
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnyama class 9 (plural nyama class 10)
Fanagalo
editEtymology
editFrom Zulu inyama, from Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Noun
editnyama
Kikuyu
editEtymology 1
editHinde (1904) records nyama as an equivalent of English meat in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba nyamma and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba nama, and Swahili nyama as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc.[2] 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.[3]
Noun
editnyama class 9
Derived terms
edit(Proverbs)
See also
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[3]
Noun
editnyama class 9/10 (plural nyama)
References
edit- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 38–39. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- ^ “nyama” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 340. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903], v. I, p. 455. →ISBN
Lala (South Africa)
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Noun
editnyama
Lingala
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Noun
editnyama class 9 (plural nyama class 10, colloquial plural banyama class 2)
Sango
editNoun
editnyama
Shona
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Noun
editnyama class 9 (plural nyama class 10)
Swahili
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnyama class IX (no plural)
Related terms
editTsonga
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Noun
editnyama class 9
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- Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chichewa lemmas
- Chichewa nouns
- Chichewa class 9 nouns
- ny:Animals
- ny:Foods
- Fanagalo terms inherited from Zulu
- Fanagalo terms derived from Zulu
- Fanagalo terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Fanagalo terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Fanagalo lemmas
- Fanagalo nouns
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- ki:Foods
- ki:Mammals
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- sn:Foods
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