nĩ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ni"

Kikuyu

Particle

nĩ

  1. (copula) is[1]
    gũota mwaki nĩ kũhuria - no gain without pain (lit. to warm oneself is to stoke the fire)

References

  1. ↑ “nĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 282. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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