thimbũ
Appearance
Kikuyu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ðiimbo class which includes thani, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mũbira, mwatũka, etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
[edit]thimbũ class 9/10 (plural thimbũ)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ 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.
- “thimbũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 513. Oxford: Clarendon Press.