rũru
See also: rũrũ
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- rũũru
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾòːɾùꜜ/
- This ũ is pronounced long.[1][2]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[3]
Noun
rũru class 11 (plural ndũru)
Derived terms
- matukũ ti ma rũũru
References
- Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 246.
- “rũru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 421. 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.
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