gĩthagathago

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Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from gũthagathaga (to prepare).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɣèðàɣáðàɣɔ̀ꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with gĩeterero, and so on.

Noun[edit]

gĩthagathago class 7 (plural ithagathago)

  1. preparation[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 thagathago” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 486. Oxford: Clarendon Press.