iria
- (reintegrationist norm)first/third-personsingularconditional ofir
Hinde (1904) recordsīrria as an equivalent of Englishmilk in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1] A borrowing from a SouthCushitic language; compareBurungeiliba,Iraqwilwa, and within Bantu compareSwahilimaziwa,Kambaĩia.
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together withkĩhaato,mbembe,kiugo, and so on.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, asiriya, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group includingbũrũri (pl.mabũrũri),ikara,ikinya,itimũ,kanitha (pl.makanitha),kiugo,kĩhaato,maguta,mũgeka,mũkonyo,mũrata,mwana,mbembe,mbũri,nyaga,riitho,riũa,rũrĩmĩ (pl.nĩmĩ),ũhoro (pl.mohoro), and so on.[2]
iria class5 (pluralmaria)
- milk
- iriarĩamwĩtha ―freshmilk
(Nouns)
FromProto-Bantu*ìdìbà.
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together withndaka, and so on.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group includingcindano,huko,iburi,igego,igoti,ini (pl.mani),inooro,irigũ,irũa,iturubarĩ (pl.maturubarĩ),kĩbaata,kĩmũrĩ,kũgũrũ,mũciĩ,mũgeni,mũgũrũki,mũmbirarũ,mũndũ,mũri,mũthuuri,mwaki(“fire”),mwario(“way of speaking”),mbogoro,nda,ndaka,ndigiri,ngo,njagathi,njogu,nyondo(“breast(s)”), and so on.[2]
iria class5 (pluralmaria)
- place wherewater iscollected
- lake,pond
- sea
- “iria1”, "iria" in Benson, T.G. (1964).Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. 380–381. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
iria
- first/third-personsingularconditional ofir
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
iria
- inflection ofiriar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
