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Kikuyu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.
Pronunciation
Verb
rĩa (infinitive kũrĩa)
- to eat[1][2][3]
- to hurt, to harm, to damage[3]
Derived terms
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See also
References
- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 32, 236.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “rĩa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.