Etymology[edit]
From gũkena (“to be glad”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
gĩkeno class 7 (plural ikeno)
- joy, happiness[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “gĩkeno” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 213. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
