riũa

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Kikuyu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìjʊ́bà.

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3. 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, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]

Noun

riũa class 5 (plural mariũa)

  1. sun
    riũa rĩkĩratha ― at sunrise
    riũa rĩgĩthũa ― at sunset

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

References

  1. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  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.
  • “riũa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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