ihĩa

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ìheǎꜜ/, /ìhèáꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3.

Noun

ihĩa class 5 (plural mahĩa)

  1. burn, scald
    Hypernym: ndwari[1]

(Verbs)

References

  1. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, pp. 905, 924. →ISBN
  • “ihĩa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 154. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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