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Kikuyu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *kànʊ̀à.
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, 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.[1]
Noun
kanua class 12 (plural tũnua)
- mouth
Meronyms
Derived terms
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See also
References
- “kanua” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 284. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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