gĩthagathago

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Derived from gũthagathaga (“to prepare”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣèðàɣáðàɣɔ̀ꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with gĩeterero, and so on.

Noun

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gĩthagathago class 7 (plural ithagathago)

  1. preparation[1]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “gĩthagathago” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 486. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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