ũrĩo

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Derived from kũrĩa (“to eat”).[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.

Noun

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ũrĩo class 14

  1. right-hand side[1]
    Antonym: ũmotho
    guoko kwa ũrĩo ― on the right[1]
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(Nouns)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “mũrĩo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 399. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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