ngathĩti

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Kikuyu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English gazette.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ᵑɡàðéːtì(ꜜ)/
This ĩ is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

Noun

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ngathĩti class 9/10 (plural ngathĩti)

  1. newspaper[1]
  2. magazine[1]
  3. official journal, official gazette[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 “ngathĩti” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 306. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.