icani

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Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Swahili majani (“leaves”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

This a is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.

Noun[edit]

icani class 5 (plural macani)

  1. tea(-plant)[1]
    Synonym: gĩcani
  2. (plural only) tea-leaves[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “icani” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 46. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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