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Kikuyu
Etymology
From gũthoma (“to read”).
Pronunciation
- The first o is pronounced long.
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
Noun
gĩthomo class 7 (plural ithomo)
- education
- gĩthomo kĩa igũrũ ― higher education
- study, learning
Related terms
(Nouns)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “gĩthomo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 524. Oxford: Clarendon Press.