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Definition of Gikuyu
1. Noun. A Bantu language spoken in western Kenya.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gikuyu
Literary usage of Gikuyu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kenya by Eva Ambros (1999)
"The myths of the Kikuyu tell of a progenitor couple named gikuyu and Mumbi.
Their god, Ngai, created the mountain Kirinyaga and allocated to the man gikuyu ..."
2. Philosophy, Humanity and Ecology: Vol. 1: Philosophy of Nature edited by J. Odera Oruka (1996)
"14 Similarly, referring to the gikuyu of Kenya, Kenyatta also remarks that 'before
the coming of the Europeans, the gikuyu had a democratic regime'15 ..."
3. Divide and Rule: State-Sponsored Ethnic Violence in Kenya by Binaifer Nowrojee, Bronwen Manby, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Africa Watch Committee (1993)
"Some members of this Kikuyu elite were connected to the gikuyu [Kikuyu], Embu,
Meru Association (GEMA), a tribal organization dedicated to keeping political ..."
4. Introductory Sketch of the Bantu Languages by Alice Werner (1919)
"As a matter of fact, the people call themselves A-gikuyu; just as the infinitive
prefix for certain verbs is gu, ..."
5. Fragments of Democracy: Nationalism, Development and the State in Africa by Gavin Williams (2003)
"Organisations such as Gema Holdings, formed in Kenya in 1973 from the gikuyu,
Embu, Meru Association, or the parastatal Western, Eastern and Northern ..."
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