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Definition of Kikuyu in English: KikuyunounPlural kikuyus, Plural Kikuyus kɪˈkuːjuːkɪˈkuju 1A member of a people forming the largest ethnic group in Kenya. Example sentencesExamples - Among the Kikuyu of Kenya, a person of advanced age is said to be as old as Kagogo, the vernacular reference to the hadada ibis.
- By the 1950s urbanization was combining with grievances about forced labour during the Second World War, and with the ongoing land question, to produce unprecedented resentment among the Kikuyu.
- For his generation that was born in Kenya with its mixture of Kikuyus and whites, Indians and Masais, the memories are of the magical years of school and friendships and the lurking fear of violence that was never far away.
- Although most members were Kikuyus, they encouraged all ethnic groups to join together to achieve independence.
- There are a large number of strong and influential ethnic groupings in Kenya including the Kikuyu, Luo, Kelanjin, Samburu and the Masai.
2mass noun The Bantu language of the Kikuyu, with over 5 million speakers. Example sentencesExamples - EAE is greatly influenced by such languages as Swahili at large, Kikuyu in Kenya, Chichewa in Malawi, Luo in Kenya and Tanzania, and Shona in Zimbabwe.
- Major ethnic languages in Kenya include Kikuyu, Luo, Kiluyia, Kikamba, Samburu, Maasai, and others.
- Like India, Kenya too has many languages and Caroline writes poems in three languages, English, Swahili, and Kikuyu.
- The Kenyan writer Ngugi has become so distrustful of the capacity of English to capture the nuances of his stories that he now only writes in his native Kikuyu.
- Other ethnic languages include Luo, Kikuyu, Kamba, Luyia, Gusii, and Kalenjin, which are usually spoken at home.
3A creeping perennial grass which is native to Kenya and cultivated elsewhere as a lawn and fodder grass. Pennisetum clandestinum, family Gramineae Example sentencesExamples - This is a good option if your lawn has the sort of grass with runners, like kikuyu.
- Margaret rang in with a question about lawns - she says hers looks very sad - it's a mixture of couch, kikuyu and dichondria - but one area doesn't want to grow anything at all.
- The couch and kikuyu have both responded well to the treatment and have provided a thick matting of grass on the surface.
- But it was this raft of feet and noise that followed a disappointed Charlie down through the kikuyu grass at the edge of the dunes.
- The grass is sodden and clumped up in deep woven kikuyu mounds.
adjectivekɪˈkuːjuːkɪˈkuju Relating to the Kikuyu or their language. Example sentencesExamples - A Kikuyu dish, Irio, often served with curried chicken, is made from beans, maize, and potatoes or cassava mashed to a thick pulp.
- Even worse than simply not knowing one's own culture is, to use a Kikuyu proverb, when one does not know that one does not know.
- For example, Kikuyu teachers need to be empowered to use other means of discipline beyond corporal punishment, so that the child's rights are protected and the practices of the home are respected.
- One Kikuyu female farmer, for example, approached a large farm with a proposal to pay a small fee to tap into their irrigation system.
- It is perhaps understandable that the Kikuyu people who reside on its lower slopes thought it fit for Gods' abode.
Definition of Kikuyu in US English: Kikuyunounkɪˈkujukiˈko͞oyo͞o 1A member of the largest ethnic group in Kenya. Example sentencesExamples - Although most members were Kikuyus, they encouraged all ethnic groups to join together to achieve independence.
- Among the Kikuyu of Kenya, a person of advanced age is said to be as old as Kagogo, the vernacular reference to the hadada ibis.
- By the 1950s urbanization was combining with grievances about forced labour during the Second World War, and with the ongoing land question, to produce unprecedented resentment among the Kikuyu.
- For his generation that was born in Kenya with its mixture of Kikuyus and whites, Indians and Masais, the memories are of the magical years of school and friendships and the lurking fear of violence that was never far away.
- There are a large number of strong and influential ethnic groupings in Kenya including the Kikuyu, Luo, Kelanjin, Samburu and the Masai.
2The Bantu language of the Kikuyu. Example sentencesExamples - Major ethnic languages in Kenya include Kikuyu, Luo, Kiluyia, Kikamba, Samburu, Maasai, and others.
- EAE is greatly influenced by such languages as Swahili at large, Kikuyu in Kenya, Chichewa in Malawi, Luo in Kenya and Tanzania, and Shona in Zimbabwe.
- The Kenyan writer Ngugi has become so distrustful of the capacity of English to capture the nuances of his stories that he now only writes in his native Kikuyu.
- Other ethnic languages include Luo, Kikuyu, Kamba, Luyia, Gusii, and Kalenjin, which are usually spoken at home.
- Like India, Kenya too has many languages and Caroline writes poems in three languages, English, Swahili, and Kikuyu.
3A creeping perennial grass which is native to Kenya and cultivated elsewhere as a lawn and fodder grass. Pennisetum clandestinum, family Gramineae Example sentencesExamples - This is a good option if your lawn has the sort of grass with runners, like kikuyu.
- But it was this raft of feet and noise that followed a disappointed Charlie down through the kikuyu grass at the edge of the dunes.
- Margaret rang in with a question about lawns - she says hers looks very sad - it's a mixture of couch, kikuyu and dichondria - but one area doesn't want to grow anything at all.
- The couch and kikuyu have both responded well to the treatment and have provided a thick matting of grass on the surface.
- The grass is sodden and clumped up in deep woven kikuyu mounds.
adjectivekɪˈkujukiˈko͞oyo͞o Relating to the Kikuyu people or their language. Example sentencesExamples - A Kikuyu dish, Irio, often served with curried chicken, is made from beans, maize, and potatoes or cassava mashed to a thick pulp.
- One Kikuyu female farmer, for example, approached a large farm with a proposal to pay a small fee to tap into their irrigation system.
- It is perhaps understandable that the Kikuyu people who reside on its lower slopes thought it fit for Gods' abode.
- Even worse than simply not knowing one's own culture is, to use a Kikuyu proverb, when one does not know that one does not know.
- For example, Kikuyu teachers need to be empowered to use other means of discipline beyond corporal punishment, so that the child's rights are protected and the practices of the home are respected.
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