mbarara

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᵐbáɾàːɾáꜜ/

The second a is pronounced long.^[1]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a trisyllabic stem, together with ngũngũni, batĩrĩ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as mbaraara, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcigĩrĩra, gĩtumumu, mindira, ngũngũni, and so on.^[2]

Noun

mbarara class 9/10 (plural mbarara)

wart
Synonym: mbatata

See also

kĩroruha

References

^ “mbarara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 270. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ 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.

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