mũkururo

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Kikuyu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a verb gũkurura.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòkùɾùɾɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩberethi, mbogoro, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

mũkururo class 3 (plural mĩkururo) (diminutive kamũkururo)

  1. line[1][2]
    Synonyms: mũhari, raini, mũthitarĩ
  2. scratch, score[1]

(Nouns)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 kurura” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 241. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.