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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, 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, thaburia, and so on.[1]
Noun
rũbutu class 11 (plural mbutu)
- eyebrow
- Holonym: ũthiũ
References
- “rũbutu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.