irigithathi

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Kikuyu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a verb kũrigithatha.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ìɾìɣíðàːðìꜜ/
This a is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with gĩeterero, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Nairobi) Yukawa classifies this term into a group including mwathimũro etc.[2]

Noun

irigithathi class 5 (plural marigithathi)

  1. first child, first-born

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “irigithathi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 384. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns", pp. 193, 197. In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
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