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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩberethi, mbogoro, and so on.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[2]
Noun
thegere class 9/10 (plural thegere)
- small animal that breaks up beehives (mĩatũ) and steals all the honeycombs; honey badger, or ratel[3] (Mellivora capensis)
- ichneumon, Egyptian mongoose[4] (Herpestes ichneumon)
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References
- ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (1977). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume III Part A (Carnivores), p. 86. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. →ISBN
- ^ 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.
- ^ “thegere” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 500. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Pick, Vittorio Merlo (1967). Favole Kikuyu, p. 105. Torino: Edizioni Missioni Consolata.