irurumĩ

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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From kũruruma (to thunder).[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩboboto, ndaraca, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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irurumĩ class 5 (plural marurumĩ)

  1. thunderclap
    Synonym: ngwa

See also

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References

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  1. ^ irurumĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 412. 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.