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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- This ũ is pronounced long.[1][2]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[3]
Noun
rũru class 11 (plural ndũru)
- herd
- rũru rũa andũ ― a group of people
- rũru rũa ng'ondu ― a herd of sheep
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