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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- This ĩ is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as kĩrĩĩgũ, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.[2]
Noun
kĩrĩgũ class 7 (plural irĩgũ)
- big uncircumcised girl
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