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Kikuyu
Etymology
Derived from a verb gũthingithia.[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩng'aurũ, mbahaca, mwarimũ, and so on.
Noun
gĩthingithia class 7 (plural ithingithia)
- earthquake[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “gĩthingithia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 514. Oxford: Clarendon Press.