kĩharũrũka

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Kikuyu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From kũharũrũka (to come down, to descend).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kèhàɾóɾòkáꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩgorogoru, kĩĩhutaatĩ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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kĩharũrũka class 7 (plural iharũrũka)

  1. steep slope, drop, cliff, precipice

See also

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References

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  1. ^ harũrũka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 143. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.