thũriũ

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Kikuyu

thũriũ

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

The first ũ is pronounced long.[2]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a disyllabic stem, together with mũgwacĩ, nyamũ, and so on.

Noun

thũriũ class 9/10 (plural thũriũ)

  1. fiscal shrike (Lanius collaris)[1][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lamond, Geneviene (2007). Local knowledge of biodiversity and ecosystem services in smallholder coffee farms in Central Province, Kenya. University of Wales, Bangor.
  2. ^ “thũriũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 538. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 467. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
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