mũnyũrũrũko

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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From a verb kũnyũrũrũka.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mòɲòɾòɾòkɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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mũnyũrũrũko class 3 (plural mĩnyũrũrũko)

  1. thin river, trickle, rivulet[1]
    Synonym: karũũĩ

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 nyũrũrũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 354. 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.