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Kikuyu
Etymology
From kũheenia (“to tell a lie”).[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.
Noun
mũheenania class 1 (plural aheenania)
- liar
- Synonym: mũheenia
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References
- ^ “mũheenania” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 145. Oxford: Clarendon Press.