barĩthiramu

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English pyrethrum.

Pronunciation

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This ĩ is pronounced long.[2]
Tonal class: unclassified[2]

Noun

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barĩthiramu class 9/10 (plural barĩthiramu)

  1. pyrethrum

References

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  1. ^ Ford, K. C. (1975). "The Tones of Nouns in Kikuyu", p. 61. In Studies in African Linguistics, Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 49–64.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “barĩthiramu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 25. Oxford: Clarendon Press.