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ikai

Japanese

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Romanization

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ikai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いかい

Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Hinde (1904) records ikaii (pl. makaii) as an equivalent of English cheek in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ikai class 5 (plural makai)

  1. cheek[2]
    Synonym: rũthĩa[2]
  2. mouthful
    ikai rĩa nyama ti rĩa ngwacĩ - a mouthful of meat is not of potatoes

Holonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 12–13. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.
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