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Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records uthio as an equivalent of English face in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba uthio and Swahili uso (pl. nyuso) as its equivalents.
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), and so on.
Noun
ũthiũ class 14 (plural mothiũ)
- face
- Meronyms: rũbutu, riitho, ikai, kĩmone, iniũrũ, kanua
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