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Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from English police.[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
Noun
borithi class 9/10 (plural borithi)
- police
- Synonym: birithi
(Nouns)
References
- ^ “birithi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 30. Oxford: Clarendon Press.