ithũĩro

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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From gũthũa (to set (of the sun)).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ìðò(w)èɾɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩberethi, mbogoro, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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ithũĩro class 5

  1. west
    Synonym: rũgũrũ

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ ithũĩro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 534. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.