rũcuĩrĩ

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
    • (Limuru) IPA(key): /ɾòɕoèɾéꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, as rũcũĩrĩ, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[1]

Noun

rũcuĩrĩ class 11 (plural njuĩrĩ)

  1. single hair[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
  2. ^ “njuĩrĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 335. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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