-ũru

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uru"

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /òɾú/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

Adjective

-ũru

1. bad, ugly, repulsive

   Antonym: -ega

   mũnungo mũũru ― bad smell

2. unkind, surly, quarrelsome
3. fierce, violent

Inflection

agreement of -ũru

	Singular	Plural
Class 1, Class 2	mũũru	oru
Class 3, Class 4	mũũru	mĩũru
Class 5, Class 6	rĩũru	moru
Class 7, Class 8	kĩũru	njũru
Class 9, Class 10	njũru	njũru
Class 11, Class 10	rũũru	njũru
Class 12, Class 13	koru	tũũru
Class 14, Class 6	mũũru	moru
Class 15, Class 6	kũũru	moru
Class 16	horu	-

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• ũũru class 14

(Proverbs)

• irimũ ikenagĩra ũndũ mũru
• kanyamũ koru karoragwo na kanua

See also

• -aganu, -ĩhia