hinya

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hìɲá(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, 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.

Noun

hinya class 14 (plural mahinya)

1. strength, power, force, effort

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• mũrimũ ndũrĩ hinya ũgĩtonya mwĩrĩ ta ũkiuma

See also

• kĩo

References

• “hinya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.