karani

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili karani.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kàɾáníꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into njata class which includes njata, gĩkabu, gĩtara, ithanwa, kĩihũri, etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on. Clements (1984) classifies this term into “HLHL class” corresponding to Armstrong's njata and ðiimbo classes (e.g. itũũra), and Benson's disyllabic 7 and 8 (e.g. matũũra (“plural of itũũra”), thani), together with matũũra.[3]

Noun

karani class 12 (plural tũrani)

  1. clerk, secretary

References

  1. ↑ “karani” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 369. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ↑ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  3. ↑ Clements, George N. (1984). "Principles of tone assignment in Kikuyu." In Clements, G.N. and J.A. Goldsmith (eds.) Autosegmental studies in Bantu tone, pp. 281–339. Dordrecht: Mouton de Gruyter; Foris Publications. →ISBN

Swahili

Noun

karani (ma class, plural makarani)

  1. clerk
  2. secretary

Descendants

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