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kyenyi

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Meaning

e- (ki/bi) forehead, brow. Ekibaawo kimala, ennyindo y'enkoko kye kyenyi. (prov.) lit. That which is available is sufficient, the nose of a chicken is (his) forehead. Make the best of what you have. cf. obwenyi.

kyenyi, e- (ki/bi) forehead, brow. Ekibaawo kimala, ennyindo y'enkoko kye kyenyi. (prov.) lit. That which is available is sufficient, the nose of a chicken is (his) forehead. Make the best of what you have. cf. obwenyi.

Related Words
kyenda e- numer. ninety, with the -a of rel. ninetieth, omulundi ogw'ekyenda, the ninetieth time. cf. -(y)enda. kyenda e- usually plur. ebyenda (ki/bi) intestines; bowels; viscera, cf. enda, lwenda. kyenekyene invar adj. pure, real, genuine. Musajja Mukikuyu kyenekyene. He is a pure Kikuyu. kyengabo e- (ki/bi) the top bananas on a bunch. They are often much larger than the rest and ripen first. kyengera e- (ki/ba) season of plenty, time of abundance (of food); overabundance; blessing. cf. yengera. kyenkanyi e- (ki/bi) equality; fairness. Akolagana n'abantu bonna mu ggwanga mu kyenkanyi. He cooperates with everybody in the country with kyenkya e- (ki/bi) breakfast, cf. ^kya, enkya. kyennyanja e- without the I.V.'s kyannyanja plur. ebyennyanja (byannyanja) (ki/bi) fish, lit. (thing)of the sea. cf. ennyanja. kyennyumannyuma e- adv. backwards, aback, cf. ennyuma. kyensubi e- (ki/bi) bottom row of a bunch of bananas, cf. akansubi. kyensuti e- (ki/bi) tail feather; tail (of an airplane); extreme rear end (of an automobile). kyenunulo e- (ki/bi) salvation, redemption. cf. nunula.