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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.[1]
Noun
mbũkũ class 9/10 (plural mbũkũ) (diminutive kabũkũ; in folk tales warũbũkũ)
- hare
See also
References
- “mbũkũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 276. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 459. →ISBN