ithĩnjĩro
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Kikuyu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
from gũthĩnja (“to slaughter, to slay”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- 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]
ithĩnjĩro class 5 (plural mathĩnjĩro)
- place where slaughter takes place[1]
- Synonym: gĩthinjĩro
Derived terms[edit]
(Proverbs)