itahuha

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Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ìtáhùːháꜜ/

This u is pronounced long.^[1]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a trisyllabic stem, together with ngũngũni, batĩrĩ, and so on.

Noun[edit]

itahuha class 5 (plural matahuha)

puff adder (Bitis arietans)

See also[edit]

ndarabubwa

References[edit]

^ “itahuha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 426. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 461. →ISBN

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