ikia

• IPA^(key): /ikia/

ikia (infinitive gũikia)

1. to put in, to throw, to dip

   Ndaikia mbugi manjarara... - And I have thrown a bell down on a rocky surface? (riddle; the answer is Mũiti wa njahĩ ikũmbĩ (“one who puts lablab beans into a store”).)^[1]

(Phrases)

• gũikia ngono

(Proverbs)

• mũtumia ndatũraga mũtwe na ndaikagia ndahi ndua
• thũ ndĩgũaga harĩa ĩikagio
• yaikio ĩikagia ĩngĩ

• gũte

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 361. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).