thabuni

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Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili sabuni.[1]

Pronunciation

This u is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a trisyllabic stem, together with mũbariti, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including kĩgongona, njege, and so on.[2]

Noun

thabuni class 14 (plural mathabuni)

  1. soap

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “thabuni” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 486. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  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.
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