nĩ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ni"
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne/
Particle
nĩ
- (copula) is[1]
- gũota mwaki nĩ kũhuria - no gain without pain (lit. to warm oneself is to stoke the fire)
- (in passive construction) by
- Mwaki wa Ngai ũraaragio nĩ igoto.[2] - God's fire is kept through the night by a dried banana bark.
- Njĩrirũo nĩ kanyoni gakwa.[2] - I was told by my birdlet.
- Thegere igĩrĩ itiremagwo nĩ mwatũ.[2] - Two honey badgers are not defeated by a beehive.
References
- “nĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 282. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Njũrũri, Ngũmbũ (1969). Gĩkũyũ Proverbs. London: Macmillan.
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