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Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili msikiti,[1] ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.[2]
Noun
mũthigiti class 3 (plural mĩthigiti)
- mosque
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