mũitĩrĩro

Kikuyu

FWOTD – 26 January 2020

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòìtèɾèɾɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.

Noun

mũitĩrĩro class 3 (plural mĩitĩrĩro)

  1. rafter[2]
    Synonym: mũratho
  2. giraffe[2][3]
    Synonym: ndũiga

See also

  • (rafter): mũcobe, muoho, kĩrĩĩgo, gĩtugĩ

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, 75123.
  2. itĩrĩro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 192. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 450. →ISBN
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