gĩthũũkũ

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Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɣèðòːkó/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[1]

Noun[edit]

gĩthũũkũ class 7

measles^[2]^[3]^[4]
Synonym: mũthũũkũ^[4]

Hypernym: mũrimũ^[4]

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 258.
^ “gĩthũũkũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 538. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, pp. 888–905. →ISBN

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