gĩthũnũ

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Kikuyu

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

Noun

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gĩthũnũ class 7 (plural ithũnũ)

  1. roughly built hut[2]
  2. initiation candidates' hut built adjacent to the women's sleeping place of the senior co-wife's hut[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. 2.0 2.1 thũnũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 536. Oxford: Clarendon Press.