mbaara
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Kikuyu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ðiimbo class which includes thimbũ, thani, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mũbira, mwatũka, etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun[edit]
mbaara class 9/10
Derived terms[edit]
(Proverbs)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 233, 258.
- “mbaara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.