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Kikuyu
Etymology
Causative form of kũraara (“to spend the night”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
raaria (infinitive kũraaria)
- to protect, to keep company (through the night)
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
References
- ^ “raaria” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 364. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).