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Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili swala.[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as thũara, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.[2]
Noun
thwara class 9/10 (plural thwara)
- certain kinds of antelope
- Thomson's gazelle[1] (Eudorcas thomsonii)
- Grant's gazelle[1] (Nanger granti)
- impala[1] (Aepyceros melampus)
- reedbuck[1] (Redunca spp.)
- large duiker[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 “thwara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 539. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 453. →ISBN
- ^ Leakey, op. cit., p. 452.