-raya

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See also: raya

Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Hinde (1904) records -raiya as an equivalent of English high in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

Adjective

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-raya

  1. long[2]
    Synonym: -raihu
    Antonym: -kuhĩ
  2. tall[2]
    Synonym: -raihu
    Antonym: -kuhĩ
  3. far[2]
    Synonym: -raihu
    Antonym: -kuhĩ

Inflection

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Derived terms

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(Proverbs)

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(Nouns)

References

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  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 32–3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 “-raya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 374. Oxford: Clarendon Press.