kĩhĩĩ

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kèhèé/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[1]

Noun

kĩhĩĩ class 7 (plural ihĩĩ)

big uncircumcised boy

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

Related terms

(Nouns)

ũhĩĩ class 14

See also

kahĩĩ < kĩhĩĩ < mwanake < mũthuuri

References

^ 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.

“kĩhĩĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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