njĩmbĩrĩ

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Kikuyu

njĩmbĩrĩ (Hydrictis maculicollis)

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ᶮdʑèᵐbéɾé/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.

Noun

njĩmbĩrĩ class 9/10

  1. otter,[1] especially spot-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis, syn. Lutra maculicollis[2])

References

  1. ^ “ngĩmbĩrĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 310. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (1977). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume III Part A (Carnivores), p. 110. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. →ISBN
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