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Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili stima.[1]
Pronunciation
- The first i is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
Noun
thitima class 9/10 (plural thitima)
- electricity
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “thitima” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 518. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 12, 34.