kĩrĩkanĩro

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Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kèɾèːkànèɾɔ̀ꜜ/
The first ĩ of the stem is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

kĩrĩkanĩro class 7 (plural irĩkanĩro)

  1. agreement,[2] compact[1]
  2. covenant[1]

(Verbs)

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 rĩkanĩro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 398. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.