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Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records kutinnia as an equivalent of English cut in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
tinia (infinitive gũtinia)
- to sever, to cut (off)
Synonyms
References
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 68.
Portuguese
Verb
tinia
- first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of tinir