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Kikuyu
Etymology
Causative form of kũrĩa (“to eat”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
rĩithia (infinitive kũrĩithia)
- to make (someone) eat forcefully[1]
- to graze, to pasture[1]
Derived terms
(Nouns)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “rĩa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.