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irũngo

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Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ìɾòᵑɡɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

Noun

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irũngo class 5 (plural marũngo)

  1. joint, section[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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. ^ irũngo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.