hĩtũka

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Hinde (1904) records kuhitukka as an equivalent of English pass in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kubita and Swahili kupita as its equivalent.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hĩtũka (infinitive kũhĩtũka)

  1. to pass

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References

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  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 46–47. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.