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Kikuyu
Etymology
From a verb kũrũngũra.[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 11 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) IPA(key): /kèɾòᵑɡòɾèɾɔ̀(ꜜ)/
- As for Tonal Class, as kĩrũngũrĩro, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), 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.[2]
Noun
kĩrũngũrĩra class 7 (plural irũngũrĩra)
- heartburn[1][3]
- Hypernym: ndwari[3]
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