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Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records ruhi as an equivalent of English hand in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ɲamo class which includes nyamũ, gũtũ, guka, mũguĩ, mũgwacĩ, mũtwe, rũkũ, ũta, taata (“my aunt”), Kariũki (“man's name”), etc.[2]
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.[3]
Noun
rũhĩ class 11 (plural hĩ)
- palm of the hand[4]
- Holonym: guoko
- hand[2]
- Synonym: njara
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