irurumĩ
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Kikuyu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From kũruruma (“to thunder”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩboboto, ndaraca, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun[edit]
irurumĩ class 5 (plural marurumĩ)
- thunderclap
- Synonym: ngwa
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “irurumĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 412. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ 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.