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Kikuyu
Etymology
Derived from a verb gũthemenga.[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.
Noun
gĩthemengũ class 7 (plural ithemengũ)
- evil eye[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “gĩthemengũ1” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 501. Oxford: Clarendon Press.