Kikuyu

48 p. A Agikuyu moi kuhitha ndia, matiui kuhitha uhoro. The Kikuyu know how to conceal their quiver, but do not know how to conceal their secrets. The Kikuyu, though very clever in concealing their arms, cannot keep secrets from the members of their tribe. Ageni eri matiri utugire. Two guests (at the same time) have no welcome. Ageni eri na karirui kao. Two guests love a...

UK: JC Press, 2009. — 87 p. (in Gikuyu language) Icunjĩ cia Marũa Ma Maitũ ciarutirwo rĩa mbere thiĩnĩ wa Njaranda ya Mĩikarĩre ya Mũtiiri Vol. 1, 2, na 3, 1994. Nĩ ngũcokia ngaatho nyingĩ mũno kũrĩ Burobetha Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o nĩ ũndũ wa kũmamũkĩra, na nĩ ũndũ wa mataaro make. Ndingĩriganĩrwo nĩ andĩki, atabarĩri na athomi a Mũtiiri — mũtirima wa ma. Mũthenya ũmwe ndagũtigire...

Rice Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume VI, July 2015. — 253 p. Phonology. Nouns and Noun Phrases. Verbs. Copular Clauses. Grammatical Relations and Argument Structure. Pragmatically-Marked Clause Types. Clause Combining. Miscellaneous Constructions and Observations. Appendices: Glossed Sample Texts. Tags: kikuyu, gikuyu, Englebretson, bantu, african, language, grammar,...

Publication date: 1994 Number of pages: 156 A short grammar which looks at the main structural and phonological issues which need to be mastered in order to progress in the language. Each chapter details a particular aspect of the morphology such as tenses and noun classes. Includes exercises and their key.

Publication date: 1994 Number of pages: 36 A short grammar which looks at the main structural and phonological issues which need to be mastered in order to progress in the language. Each chapter details a particular aspect of the morphology such as tenses and noun classes. Includes exercises and their key.

Berlin: Institut fur deutsche Sprache und Linguistik Humboldt–Universitat zu Berlin, 2015. — 111 p. Gyerso Siri Moen. Falling of tone and phonological phrases in the Kikuyu language (In English) Theoretical Background. Language Background on Kikuyu. The Acoustic Correlates of Downstep. Revisions of tone rules from Clements and Ford (1981). Experimental Assessment of downstep on...

Publication date: 1989 Number of pages: 68 A beginner's guide to the language looking at noun classes, verbs and other essential grammar. Each chapter include exercises and vocabulary.

Nairobi: Kenyatta University, 2011. — 212 p. Mburu Waweru M. Extended verbal constructions in the Kikuyu language: a brief analysis (In English) Literature Review and Theoretical Framework. Methodology. The Applicative, the Causative and the Reversive. The Reciprocal and the Passive. Co-occurrences of Verbal Extensions. Summary of Findings, Conclusions, and Areas for Further...

CSLI Publications, 1997. — 184 p. — (Stanford Monographs in African Language). This monograph grew out of a project funded by the Berkeley-Stanford Joint Centers vocabularies project. It covers a wide range of linguistic aspects of the Gĩkũyũ language, most of which is not available in existing grammars of the language. Aspects covered include: consonantal mutations,...

Publisher: Birds printers Publication date: 2007 Number of pages: 52 Basic Vocabulary of Kikuyu language. The Kikuyu are classified linguistically as Highland Bantus together with the Kamba, Kuria and Gusii, Embu, Kurya, Tharaka, and Meru of Kenya(Ogot ed. 1980, p. 82). The other Highland Bantus in East Africa are the Meru (Tanzanian), Segeju, Sonjo, Ikoma, Chagga, Gweno,...

Nairobi: Moran Publishers, 2010. — 125 p. Muito M., Karue M. Kikuyu language textbook for primary grades, part 2 (in Kikuyu language) Thikĩrĩria na wandĩke Andĩka marĩitwa marĩa marĩ rũbaũ-inĩ na mwandĩko wa ndemwa nini. Thikĩrĩria mũrutani agĩthoma na wandĩke kandi-inĩ ũrĩa arathoma. Cuuria wĩra waku rũthingo-inĩ na wĩrorere mwandĩko wa arĩa angĩ. Thondeka kohoro na ciugo ici...

New York: Africa World Press. — 147 p. Mutiiri, a literary magazine in the Kikuyu language. Matemo ma Ndeto: Utabariri. Cia Thiomi. Cia Bururi. Makundo ma Wendo, Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Cia Atumia. Cia Mauugi. Aandiki.

New York: Africa World Press. — 159 p. Mutiiri, a literary magazine in the Kikuyu language. Utabariri. Ndai Cia Bururi. Marebeta Ma Ndegwa Mwangi. Cia Njeera na Uteti. Makundo Ma Wendo. Marebeta Ma Gitahi wa Gititi. Cia Sayansi na Ruthiomi. Marebeta Ma Bantu Mwaura. Cia Ciana na Githoomo. Cia Aandiki.

New York: Africa World Press. — 151 p. Mutiiri, a literary magazine in the Kikuyu language. Maria Me Ho: Utabariri. Cia Thiomi na Miikarire. Marebeta ma Kibuku wa Kahura. Cia Uteti. Makundo ma Wendo. Marebeta ma Njaramba wa Kaguura. Cia Atumia. Marebeta ma Gatua wa Mbugwa. Cia Mauugi. Cia Aandiki.

Publication date: 1975 Number of pages: 267 Gikuyu or Kikuyu (Gikuyu: Gĩkũyũ, pronounced [ɣēkōjó]) is a language of the Bantu family spoken primarily by the Kikuyu people of Kenya. Numbering about 6 million (22% of Kenya's population), they are the largest ethnic group in Kenya. Gikuyu is spoken in the area between Nyeri and Nairobi. Gikuyu is one of the five languages of the...

Author: N/A Publisher: Seth Cable Publication date: 2010 Number of pages: 10 Gikuyu or Kikuyu (Gikuyu: Gĩkũyũ, pronounced [ɣēkōjó]) is a language of the Bantu family spoken primarily by the Kikuyu people of Kenya. Numbering about 6 million (22% of Kenya's population), they are the largest ethnic group in Kenya. Gikuyu is spoken in the area between Nyeri and Nairobi. Gikuyu is...