Kikuyu

See also: kikuyu

English

A Kikuyu woman.

Etymology

Borrowed from Kikuyu Gĩkũyũ.

Noun

Kikuyu (plural Kikuyus or Kikuyu)

A member of a Bantu people of Kenya.

Translations

member of Bantu people

Galician: kikuyu
Hindi: किकुयू m (kikuyū)
Hungarian: kikuju (hu)
Kikuyu: Mũgĩkũyũ
Polish: Kikuju (pl) m or f
Russian: кикуйю (ru) (kikujju)
Serbo-Croatian: Kikuju m
Swahili: Mkikuyu

Proper noun

Kikuyu

The language of this people.
A large town in Kiambu County, Kenya, named after the Kikuyu people.

Translations

language

Galician: kikuyu m
Hindi: किकुयू m (kikuyū)
Hungarian: kikuju (hu)
Irish: Ciocúis f
Japanese: キクユ語 (ja) (Kikuyu-go)
Kikuyu: Gĩgĩkũyũ
Polish: kikuju m
Swahili: Kikikuyu

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Kikuyu terms

Further reading

ISO 639-1 code ki, ISO 639-3 code kik (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Kikuyu, kik ⁠

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