-nini in Kikuyu

IPA: /nini/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Hinde (1904) records kanyinyi as an equivalent of English small in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba kanini and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kinini as its equivalents. Etymology templates: {{m|en|small}} small, {{cog|kam|kanini}} Kamba kanini, {{m|kam|kinini}} kinini Head templates: {{head|ki|adjective}} -nini Inflection templates: {{ki-infl-adj|mũnini|anini|mĩnini|rĩnini|manini|kĩnini|nini|rũnini|kanini|tũnini|kũnini|hanini}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mũnini [class-2, singular], anini [class-2, plural], mũnini [class-4, singular], mĩnini [class-4, plural], rĩnini [class-6, singular], manini [class-6, plural], kĩnini [class-8, singular], nini [class-8, plural], nini [class-10, singular], nini [class-10, plural], rũnini [class-10, singular], kanini [class-13, singular], tũnini [class-13, plural], mũnini [class-6, singular], kũnini [class-6, singular], hanini [class-16, singular], - [class-16, plural]

[Show JSON for post-processed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▼] [Hide JSON for post-processed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▲]

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "small"
      },
      "expansion": "small",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "kanini"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamba kanini",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "kinini"
      },
      "expansion": "kinini",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records kanyinyi as an equivalent of English small in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba kanini and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kinini as its equivalents.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ki-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mũnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mũnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mĩnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rĩnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kĩnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rũnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-13",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tũnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-13",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mũnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kũnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "-nini",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mũnini",
        "10": "tũnini",
        "11": "kũnini",
        "12": "hanini",
        "2": "anini",
        "3": "mĩnini",
        "4": "rĩnini",
        "5": "manini",
        "6": "kĩnini",
        "7": "nini",
        "8": "rũnini",
        "9": "kanini"
      },
      "name": "ki-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-nene"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "little, small"
      ],
      "id": "en--nini-ki-adj-JkIMO~ub",
      "links": [
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "-nyinyi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nini/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-nini"
}

[Show JSON for raw wiktextract data ▼] [Hide JSON for raw wiktextract data ▲]

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "small"
      },
      "expansion": "small",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "kanini"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamba kanini",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "kinini"
      },
      "expansion": "kinini",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records kanyinyi as an equivalent of English small in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba kanini and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kinini as its equivalents.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ki-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mũnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mũnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mĩnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-4",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rĩnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kĩnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-8",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rũnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-13",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tũnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-13",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mũnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kũnini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-6",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "-nini",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mũnini",
        "10": "tũnini",
        "11": "kũnini",
        "12": "hanini",
        "2": "anini",
        "3": "mĩnini",
        "4": "rĩnini",
        "5": "manini",
        "6": "kĩnini",
        "7": "nini",
        "8": "rũnini",
        "9": "kanini"
      },
      "name": "ki-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-nyinyi"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-nene"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Kikuyu adjectives",
        "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Kikuyu lemmas",
        "Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "little, small"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nini/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-nini"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Kikuyu dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.

"-nini" meaning in Kikuyu

Adjective