gĩthingithia

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Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from a verb gũthingithia.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɣèðìᵑɡíðiáꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩng'aurũ, mbahaca, mwarimũ, and so on.

Noun[edit]

gĩthingithia class 7 (plural ithingithia)

  1. earthquake[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “gĩthingithia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 514. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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