thimbũ

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ðiimbo class which includes thani, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mũbira, mwatũka, etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

thimbũ class 9/10 (plural thimbũ)

  1. walking stick

See also

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.
  • “thimbũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 513. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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