thirikari
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Kikuyu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Swahili serikali.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- This a is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
Noun[edit]
thirikari class 9/10 (plural thirikari)
- government
- thirikari nene - central government[1] (lit. great government)
- thirikari nini - local government (lit. small government)