iria

See also: Iria, iría, irĩa, and ĩrĩa

Galician

Verb

iria

(reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular conditional of ir

Kikuyu

FWOTD – 29 April 2023

Etymology 1

Hinde (1904) records īrria as an equivalent of English milk in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.^[1] A borrowing from a South Cushitic language; compare Burunge iliba, Iraqw ilwa, and within Bantu compare Swahili maziwa, Kamba ĩia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ìɾìjáꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as iriya, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.^[2]

Noun

iria class 5 (plural maria)

milk
iria rĩa mwĩtha ― fresh milk

Derived terms

(Nouns)

muunjuga-iria class 3

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *ìdìbà.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ìɾì(j)à(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.^[2]

Noun

iria class 5 (plural maria)

place where water is collected
1. lake, pond
2. sea

References

^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 40–41. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

“iria¹”, "iria" in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. 380–381. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iˈɾi.ɐ/

Rhymes: -iɐ
Homophone: Iria
Hyphenation: i‧ri‧a

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

iria

first/third-person singular conditional of ir

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

iria

inflection of iriar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

[hh1904-1] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 40–41. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[yy1981-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

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