ihera

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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From a verb kũhera.[1]

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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ihera class 5 (plural mahera)

  1. punishment, penalty[1][2]
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(Nouns)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 ihera” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 148. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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.