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Kikuyu
Etymology
From a verb gũthũa.
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 10 with a trisyllabic stem, together with gĩting'ũri, ndigithũ, kĩĩgunyĩ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as mũithũa, 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.
Noun
mwĩthũa class 3 (plural mĩĩthũa)
- itching, itch
- Hypernym: ndwari
Derived terms
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