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Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili kahawa,[2] ultimately from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.[3]
Noun
kahũa class 12
- coffee,[2][3] including the plant (Coffea arabica)[1]
- mũgũnda wa kahũa ― coffee estate[2]
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