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Kikuyu
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kikuyu
English
Kĩkũyũ
thumb|A Kikuyu woman.
Etymology
en :bor ki:Gĩkũyũ + 1
Noun
s *
A member of a Bantu people of Kenya.
Derived terms
en Kikuyuland
Translations
member of Bantu people
Galician: gl kikuyu
Hindi: hi किकुयू m
Hungarian: hu kikuju
Kikuyu: ki Mũgĩkũyũ
Polish: pl Kikuju m f
Russian: ru кикуйю
Serbo-Croatian: sh Kikuju m
Swahili: sw Mkikuyu
Proper noun
The language of this people.
en Daniel W. Hieber Why I hate conlangs Linguistic Discovery https://linguisticdiscovery.com/blog/why-i-hate-conlangs/ 2023-12-30 If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own. https://web.archive.org/web/20240524133211/https://linguisticdiscovery.com/blog/why-i-hate-conlangs/
en large town co:Suf/Kiambu c/Kenya, named after the Kikuyu people.
Translations
language
Galician: gl kikuyu m
Hindi: hi किकुयू m
Hungarian: hu kikuju
Irish: ga Ciocúis f
Japanese: ja キクユ語 Kikuyu-go
Kikuyu: ki Gĩgĩkũyũ
Polish: pl kikuju m
Swahili: sw Kikikuyu
See also
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Further reading
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