rĩra

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See also: Rira and rira

Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hinde (1904) records kurera as an equivalent of English cry in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba gwier and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kwier as its equivalents.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

rĩra (infinitive kũrĩra)

  1. to cry, to weep

Derived terms[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 16–7. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).