ihũha

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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 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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ihũha class 5 (plural mahũha)

  1. boil (on skin)[1]
    Hypernym: ndwari[2]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 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. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, pp. 905, 920. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
  • ihũha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 175. Oxford: Clarendon Press.