kĩrĩkanĩro
Kikuyu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- The first ĩ of the stem is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[2]
Noun
[edit]kĩrĩkanĩro class 7 (plural irĩkanĩro)
Related terms
[edit](Verbs)
See also
[edit]- (covenant): muuma
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “kĩrĩkanĩro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 398. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.