gĩtumumu

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Kikuyu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

The penultimate u 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.

  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) IPA(key): /ɣetúmùːmúꜜ/
As for Tonal Class,  Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcigĩrĩra, mindira, ngũngũni, and so on.[2]
  • (Murang'a) IPA(key): /ɣétúmùːmúꜜ/
The same underlying pattern as that of nyamĩndigi.[4]
  • (Nyeri) IPA(key): /ɣètúmùːmúꜜ/
The same underlying pattern as that of mũnyongoro.[4]

Noun

gĩtumumu class 7 (plural atumumu)

  1. (derogatory)[5] blind person
    Synonyms: mũtumumu, ndumumu

See also

References

  1. ^ “gĩtumumu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. 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.
  3. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kagaya, Ryohei (1982). "Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 24, 1–42.
  5. ^ wa-Mungai, Mbugua (2009). ""For I name thee…": Disability Onomastics in Kenyan Folklore and Popular Music." Disability Studies Quarterly: the first journal in the field of disability studies 4(29). →ISSN
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