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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- 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
hwaĩ class 14 (plural mahwaĩ)[1]
- last evening[1]
- hwaĩ-inĩ - in the evening[1]
Derived terms
(Nouns)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “hwaĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 181. Oxford: Clarendon Press.