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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ða.βa.i/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 14 with a trisyllabic stem.
Noun
thabai class 9/10 (plural thabai)
- A species of nettle, Urtica massaica Mildbr.; leaves traditionally used as vegetable among Gĩkũyũ people.
- Synonym: hatha
References
- Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. xxxii–xxxiii. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977) The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, volume 3, London and New York: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 1346