werũ

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See also: weru

Kikuyu

Etymology

ũ- +‎ -erũ (white)

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun

werũ class 14 (plural mawerũ)

  1. whiteness[2]
  2. plain, grassland[2]

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

See also

(grassland):

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 werũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 95. Oxford: Clarendon Press.