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Appendix:Variations of "nini" Akan Suffix suffix Twi male ak -bedeɛ Kikuyu Etymology Hinde (1904) records kanyinyi as an equivalent of English en small in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of kam kanini and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kam kinini as its equivalents.Hinde Hildegarde 1904 https://archive.org/details/vocabulariesofka00hindiala Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa – Cambridge Cambridge University Press Pronunciation ki /nini/ - 2-10 Adjective ki adjective little, small-nini 282 ki -nene Inflection mũnini anini mĩnini rĩnini manini kĩnini nini rũnini kanini tũnini kũnini hanini See also ki -nyinyi References