rumu

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Anguthimri

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Noun

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rumu

  1. (Mpakwithi) fishnet

Verb

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rumu

  1. (intransitive, Mpakwithi) to bend down

References

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  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 188

Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English room.[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

Noun

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rumu class 9/10 (plural rumu)

  1. room[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 “rumu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 409. 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.

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈru.mu/
  • Rhymes: -umu
  • Syllabification: ru‧mu

Noun

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rumu

  1. genitive singular of rum