rũgito

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See also: rugito

Kikuyu

Etymology

From kũgita (to thatch).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾòɣìtɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

rũgito class 11 (plural ngito)

  1. a place where a roof and wall meet inside a traditional hut[1]
  2. a space under eaves outside a hut[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 gito” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 113. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.