Kikuyun.adj.

Brit.

/kᵻˈkuːjuː/, U.S.

/kiˈkuju/,

/kəˈkuju/, East African English

/kiˈkuju/

Inflections: Plural Kikuyus, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s– Kikuyu, 1900s– Gikuyu.

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili -kikuyu.

Etymology: < Swahili -kikuyu, -gikuyu (in Wagikuyu, Wakikuyu, denoting the people and Kikikuyu, denoting the language) < Kikuyu -gĩkũyũ, self-designation (in Agĩkũyũ, denoting the people (singular Mũgĩkũyũ) and Gĩgĩkũyũ, denoting the language), reportedly after the name of a legendary leader.In Kikuyu orthography the letter g represents the voiced fricative /ɣ/.

A. n.

1. A member of a Bantu-speaking people forming the largest ethnic group in Kenya.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > other peoples

Galla1625

Afar1845

Nyasa1848

Kikuyu1849

Barotse1851

Makololo1853

Oromo1868

Baganda1872

Acholi1874

Makonde1883

Kamba1885

Luo1886

Ogoni1888

Turkana1894

Lango1902

Sebei1902

Suk1902

Wanderobo1902

Sapiny1909

Sandawe1924

Kipsigis1931

Pokot1937

the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages

Kaffir1820

Swahilese1833

Sesotho1846

Chagga1849

Kikuyu1849

Mitshi1854

Manganja1859

Bantu1866

Kavirondo1870

Luganda1876

Sotho1876

Fan1883

Gogo1883

Lunda1883

Nyamwezi1883

Kioko1884

Barotse1888

Ganda1891

Tumbuka1891

Chichewa1897

Bemba1902

Nyanja1902

Rwanda1902

Lingala1903

Sepedi1905

Ila1907

Lamba1907

Chewa1908

Venda1908

Ngoni1911

Munchi1913

Meru1921

Yao1924

Lozi1937

Nguni1939

Ndembu1945

Mwera1947

Sango1948

Ovambo1953

Sukuma1969

Tiv1976

1849 J. L. Krapf Jrnl. 30 July in Church Missionary Intelligencer Oct. 135/2 Kaptei, Kikuyu, Yoggo, and Púge, were the principal tribes on the way to Uniamési.

1935 E. Hemingway Green Hills Afr. (1936) iii. i. 173 Kamau, the driver, was a Kikuyu.

2017 Daily Nation (Kenya) (Nexis) 12 Apr. The Kalenjins and the Kikuyus..are the dominant communities and the largest land owners in the area.

2. The Bantu language of the Kikuyu.

ΚΠ

1904 H. Hinde Vocab. Kamba & Kikuyu Langs. p. xviii It is not unfrequent, in general conversation, both in Kamba and Kikuyu, to ignore the conjugated forms of the verb.

1958 Times 8 Jan. 6/7 Warnings in Kikuyu had been given over a loudhailer and ignored.

2020 Business Daily (Nairobi) (Nexis) 31 Jan. I..did very well in school... I was fluent in Kikuyu, Dholuo, English and Kiswahili.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or belonging to the Kikuyu or their language.

ΚΠ

1850 Church Missionary Intelligencer Sept. 393/2 Our Missionary met with Natives of the Kikuyu country.

1967 M. J. Coe Ecol. Alpine Zone Mt. Kenya 1 Kikuyu folk-lore tells how, when the earth was formed, a man named Mogai made a great mountain.

2012 E. Walters Matatu The word matatu comes from the Kikuyu words ma tatu, which mean ‘three’.

Compounds

C1. As a modifier, designating a controversy in the Anglican Church, which first arose at the Kikuyu Conference of 1913, regarding the admissibility to Holy Communion of the members of other Christian churches.

ΚΠ

1915 L. Pullan Missionary Princ. & Primate on Kikuyu 31 This pronouncement on the Kikuyu question is considered official.

1965 S. Neill Anglicanism (ed. 3) xiii. 366 The years after the First World War introduced a new period of more dramatic possibilities and intenser strains. The trouble started with the Kikuyu controversy.

C2.

Kikuyu grass n. a creeping perennial grass, Pennisetum clandestinum, native to Kenya and cultivated elsewhere as a lawn and fodder grass, but also regarded as an invasive weed.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture

windlestrawc1000

red grass1582

spring grass1643

sweet-grass1709

herd-grass1747

Guinea grass1756

vernal grass1762

vernal1771

Paspalum1772

buffalo grass1784

Rhode Island bent1790

red-top1792

finetop1824

kangaroo-grass1827

gamagrass1831

sweet vernal grass1839

yellow-top1839

grama1844

sesame grass1845

sacate1848

Para grass1850

Hungarian1859

alfilaria1860

sacaton1865

Mitchell grass1867

teosinte1877

Landsborough grass1883

turnip-grass1889

brown top1891

ichu1891

manna1897

Rhodes grass1903

Sudan1911

Kikuyu grass1913

never-fail1923

buffel grass1955

1913 Rep. Dept. Agric. Union S. Afr. 1910–11 241 We received in good condition a rooted plant of the Kikuyu-grass of British East Africa.

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 31 Oct. 22/2 Now is the time in N.S.W. to plant Kikuyu grass, which is suitable to any class of soil that is not binding.

1970 W. Smith Gold Mine xxviii. 67 Rod escorted the Steyners down across the vivid green lawns of Kikuyu grass.

2015 Kwani? 8 205 He squeezes through a narrow corridor between rows of tiny concrete constructions to get to a field of stinging nettles, creeping nderemia and tall Kikuyu grass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	kikuyu
释义	Kikuyun.adj. Brit. /kᵻˈkuːjuː/, U.S. /kiˈkuju/, /kəˈkuju/, East African English /kiˈkuju/ Inflections: Plural Kikuyus, unchanged. Forms: 1800s– Kikuyu, 1900s– Gikuyu. Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili -kikuyu. Etymology: < Swahili -kikuyu, -gikuyu (in Wagikuyu, Wakikuyu, denoting the people and Kikikuyu, denoting the language) < Kikuyu -gĩkũyũ, self-designation (in Agĩkũyũ, denoting the people (singular Mũgĩkũyũ) and Gĩgĩkũyũ, denoting the language), reportedly after the name of a legendary leader.In Kikuyu orthography the letter g represents the voiced fricative /ɣ/. A. n. 1. A member of a Bantu-speaking people forming the largest ethnic group in Kenya. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > other peoples Galla1625 Afar1845 Nyasa1848 Kikuyu1849 Barotse1851 Makololo1853 Oromo1868 Baganda1872 Acholi1874 Makonde1883 Kamba1885 Luo1886 Ogoni1888 Turkana1894 Lango1902 Sebei1902 Suk1902 Wanderobo1902 Sapiny1909 Sandawe1924 Kipsigis1931 Pokot1937 the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages Kaffir1820 Swahilese1833 Sesotho1846 Chagga1849 Kikuyu1849 Mitshi1854 Manganja1859 Bantu1866 Kavirondo1870 Luganda1876 Sotho1876 Fan1883 Gogo1883 Lunda1883 Nyamwezi1883 Kioko1884 Barotse1888 Ganda1891 Tumbuka1891 Chichewa1897 Bemba1902 Nyanja1902 Rwanda1902 Lingala1903 Sepedi1905 Ila1907 Lamba1907 Chewa1908 Venda1908 Ngoni1911 Munchi1913 Meru1921 Yao1924 Lozi1937 Nguni1939 Ndembu1945 Mwera1947 Sango1948 Ovambo1953 Sukuma1969 Tiv1976 1849 J. L. Krapf Jrnl. 30 July in Church Missionary Intelligencer Oct. 135/2 Kaptei, Kikuyu, Yoggo, and Púge, were the principal tribes on the way to Uniamési. 1935 E. Hemingway Green Hills Afr. (1936) iii. i. 173 Kamau, the driver, was a Kikuyu. 2017 Daily Nation (Kenya) (Nexis) 12 Apr. The Kalenjins and the Kikuyus..are the dominant communities and the largest land owners in the area. 2. The Bantu language of the Kikuyu. ΚΠ 1904 H. Hinde Vocab. Kamba & Kikuyu Langs. p. xviii It is not unfrequent, in general conversation, both in Kamba and Kikuyu, to ignore the conjugated forms of the verb. 1958 Times 8 Jan. 6/7 Warnings in Kikuyu had been given over a loudhailer and ignored. 2020 Business Daily (Nairobi) (Nexis) 31 Jan. I..did very well in school... I was fluent in Kikuyu, Dholuo, English and Kiswahili. B. adj. Of, relating to, or belonging to the Kikuyu or their language. ΚΠ 1850 Church Missionary Intelligencer Sept. 393/2 Our Missionary met with Natives of the Kikuyu country. 1967 M. J. Coe Ecol. Alpine Zone Mt. Kenya 1 Kikuyu folk-lore tells how, when the earth was formed, a man named Mogai made a great mountain. 2012 E. Walters Matatu The word matatu comes from the Kikuyu words ma tatu, which mean ‘three’. Compounds C1. As a modifier, designating a controversy in the Anglican Church, which first arose at the Kikuyu Conference of 1913, regarding the admissibility to Holy Communion of the members of other Christian churches. ΚΠ 1915 L. Pullan Missionary Princ. & Primate on Kikuyu 31 This pronouncement on the Kikuyu question is considered official. 1965 S. Neill Anglicanism (ed. 3) xiii. 366 The years after the First World War introduced a new period of more dramatic possibilities and intenser strains. The trouble started with the Kikuyu controversy. C2. Kikuyu grass n. a creeping perennial grass, Pennisetum clandestinum, native to Kenya and cultivated elsewhere as a lawn and fodder grass, but also regarded as an invasive weed. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture windlestrawc1000 red grass1582 spring grass1643 sweet-grass1709 herd-grass1747 Guinea grass1756 vernal grass1762 vernal1771 Paspalum1772 buffalo grass1784 Rhode Island bent1790 red-top1792 finetop1824 kangaroo-grass1827 gamagrass1831 sweet vernal grass1839 yellow-top1839 grama1844 sesame grass1845 sacate1848 Para grass1850 Hungarian1859 alfilaria1860 sacaton1865 Mitchell grass1867 teosinte1877 Landsborough grass1883 turnip-grass1889 brown top1891 ichu1891 manna1897 Rhodes grass1903 Sudan1911 Kikuyu grass1913 never-fail1923 buffel grass1955 1913 Rep. Dept. Agric. Union S. Afr. 1910–11 241 We received in good condition a rooted plant of the Kikuyu-grass of British East Africa. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 31 Oct. 22/2 Now is the time in N.S.W. to plant Kikuyu grass, which is suitable to any class of soil that is not binding. 1970 W. Smith Gold Mine xxviii. 67 Rod escorted the Steyners down across the vivid green lawns of Kikuyu grass. 2015 Kwani? 8 205 He squeezes through a narrow corridor between rows of tiny concrete constructions to get to a field of stinging nettles, creeping nderemia and tall Kikuyu grass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.adj.1849
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