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Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili tofali.
Pronunciation
- According to Benson (1964) and Yukawa (1981:109), this a is pronounced long.
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as iturubaarĩ, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.
Noun
iturubarĩ class 5 (plural maturubarĩ)
- brick
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