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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
Verb
ũmba (infinitive kũũmba)
- to mould, to create
Derived terms
(Nouns)
References
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- “ũmba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.