kĩũma

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Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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kĩũma class 7 (plural ciũma)

  1. bead
    kĩũma kĩa riitho
    pupil
    (literally, “a bead of an eye[2]”)

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ ũma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 551. Oxford: Clarendon Press.