-rĩa

See also: ria, ría, and rĩa

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɾea/

Pronoun

-rĩa

  1. (relative) which[1]
    Kanua karĩa karĩire mbeũ noko koragia 'ngahanda kĩ?' - A mouth that ate seeds asks, "What will I sow?"
  2. placed between a noun and attributive adjective as a selector[1]
    mũrĩithi ũrĩa mwega - the good shepherd
  3. that (or those) yonder[1]
    mũrĩmo ũrĩa - on the opposite side

Inflection
agreement of -rĩa
Singular Plural
Class 1, Class 2 ũrĩa arĩa
Class 3, Class 4 ũrĩa ĩrĩa
Class 5, Class 6 rĩrĩa marĩa
Class 7, Class 8 kĩrĩa iria
Class 9, Class 10 ĩrĩa iria
Class 11, Class 10 rũrĩa iria
Class 12, Class 13 karĩa tũrĩa
Class 14, Class 6 ũrĩa marĩa
Class 15, Class 6 kũrĩa marĩa
Class 16 harĩa -

References
  1. “-rĩa”, "-ria" in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. 381, 395. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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