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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- This a is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a trisyllabic stem, together with ngũngũni, batĩrĩ, and so on.
Noun
gĩtarũrũ class 7 (plural itarũrũ) (diminutive gatarũrũ)
- A winnowing tray twined with bark of mũgio (Triumfetta brachyceras, syn. T. macrophylla, T. ruwenzorensis), a kind of shrub,[1] used also as a server.[3]
- Gĩtarũrũ rũriĩ... - A tray on the interravine meadow? (riddle; the answer is Ikinya rĩa njogu, an elephant's footstep.)[3]
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