mathĩnjĩro
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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]mathĩnjĩro class 6
- plural of ithĩnjĩro
- leaves on which an animal is slaughtered and cut up[1]
Related terms
[edit](Nouns)
- gĩthĩnjĩro class 7