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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kà.ŋà.ú.ɾóꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩng'aurũ, mbahaca, mwarimũ, and so on. 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.[1]
Noun
kang'aurũ class 12 (plural tũng'aurũ)
- scorpion
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References
- Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. xxx–xxxi. Oxford: Clarendon Press.