-irũ

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Hinde (1904) records -iru as an equivalent of English black in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba -ziu and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba -wiu as its equivalents.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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-irũ

  1. black
  2. dark-colored

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 8–9. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • “-irũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 190. Oxford: Clarendon Press.