namũ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "namu"

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /námò(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.

Noun

namũ class 9/10 (plural namũ)

1. eland (Taurotragus oryx)

   Synonyms: thiruai, thirua

Related terms

(Nouns)

• manamũ class 6

References

• “namũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 278. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 451. →ISBN