ndare

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ⁿdàɾɛ́/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[1]

Noun

ndare class 9/10 (plural ndare)

bramble (Rubus sp.)

Related terms

(Nouns)

mũtare class 3

References

↑ 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.

“mũtare” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 433. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Hoorweg, Jan and Rudo Niemeijer (1980). "Preliminary studies on some aspects of Kikuyu food habits." In Ecology of food and nutrition, 9, pp. 139–150.

Venetian

Verb

ndare

Alternative form of ndar

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