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Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records kurimma as an equivalent of English cultivate in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kuimu and Swahili kulima as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
rĩma (infinitive kũrĩma)
- to cultivate[2]
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).