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Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili serikali.[1]
Pronunciation
- This a is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
Noun
thirikari class 9/10 (plural thirikari)
- government
- thirikari nene - central government[1] (lit. great government)
- thirikari nini - local government (lit. small government)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “thirikari” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 516. Oxford: Clarendon Press.