gĩthũnũ

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Kikuyu

Alternative forms

githunu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣèðònó/

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.

(Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[1]

Noun

gĩthũnũ class 7 (plural ithũnũ)

roughly built hut^[2]
initiation candidates' hut built adjacent to the women's sleeping place of the senior co-wife's hut^[2]

See also

(initiation candidates' hut): kĩganda

References

^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “gĩthũnũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 536. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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