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Kikuyu
Etymology
Derived from kũrĩa (“to eat”).[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.
Noun
ũrĩo class 14
- right-hand side[1]
- Antonym: ũmotho
- guoko kwa ũrĩo ― on the right[1]
(Nouns)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “mũrĩo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 399. Oxford: Clarendon Press.