hũnĩro

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Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 11 with a trisyllabic stem.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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hũnĩro class 9/10 (plural hũnĩro)

  1. loins, flanks, waist[2]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ “hũnĩro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 177. Oxford: Clarendon Press.