rũru
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See also: rũrũ
Kikuyu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- This ũ is pronounced long.[1][2]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[3]
Noun[edit]
rũru class 11 (plural ndũru)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 246.
- ^ “rũru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 421. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ 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.