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Kikuyu
Etymology
From kũrĩithia (“to graze, to pasture”).
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
Noun
mũrĩithi class 1 (plural arĩithi)
- shepherd
References
- “mũrĩithi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.