kĩharũrũka
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Kikuyu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kũharũrũka (“to come down, to descend”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩgorogoru, kĩĩhutaatĩ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcigĩrĩra, gĩtumumu, mindira, ngũngũni, and so on.[2]
Noun
[edit]kĩharũrũka class 7 (plural iharũrũka)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “kĩharũrũka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 143. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ 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.