borithi

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Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English police.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /βɔ̀ɾíðì(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

Noun[edit]

borithi class 9/10 (plural borithi)

  1. police
    Synonym: birithi

Related terms[edit]

(Nouns)

References[edit]

  1. ^ “birithi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 30. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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