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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.
- (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũberethi, mũthamaki, thabina, njogoo, Mũthũngũ, rĩithori (pl. maithori), mũcemanio, kĩgokora, kĩroruha, ndagitari, and so on.[1][2]
Noun
mũthanga class 3 (plural mĩthanga)
- sand, grit[3]
See also
References
- “mũthanga” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.