gĩkũnjo

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Kikuyu

Etymology

From gũkũnja (to fold).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣè.kò.ᶮdʑɔ́ꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

gĩkũnjo class 7 (plural ikũnjo)

  1. ball of string or wool[1]
    Synonym: gĩcũni
  2. tied or rolled up bundle or load[1]

(Nouns)

See also

  • (ball of string or wool): mũbira
  • (tied or rolled up load): kĩohe

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 kũnjo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 246. 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.