bitharĩ

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Kikuyu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili bizari.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βìðáːɾè(ꜜ)/
This a is pronounced long.
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

bitharĩ class 9/10

  1. curry powder[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 “bitharĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 30. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.