Kikuyu

See also:kikuyu

English

A Kikuyu woman.

Etymology

Borrowed fromKikuyuGĩkũyũ.

Noun

Kikuyu(pluralKikuyusorKikuyu)

1. A member of aBantupeople ofKenya.

Translations

member of Bantu people

• Galician:kikuyu
• Hindi:किकुयूm(kikuyū)
• Hungarian:kikuju(hu)
• Kikuyu:Mũgĩkũyũ
• Polish:Kikuju(pl)morf
• Russian:кикуйю(ru)(kikujju)
• Serbo-Croatian:Kikujum
• Swahili:Mkikuyu

Proper noun

Kikuyu

1. Thelanguageof this people.
2. A large town inKiambuCounty,Kenya,named after the Kikuyu people.

Translations

language

• Galician:kikuyum
• Hindi:किकुयूm(kikuyū)
• Hungarian:kikuju(hu)
• Irish:Ciocúisf
• Japanese:キクユ ngữ(ja)(Kikuyu-go)
• Kikuyu:Gĩgĩkũyũ
• Polish:kikujum
• Swahili:Kikikuyu

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Kikuyu terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1codeki,ISO 639-3codekik(SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Kikuyu,kik⁠