gĩtumumu
Kikuyu edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
The penultimate u is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a trisyllabic stem, together with ngũngũni, batĩrĩ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
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- As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcigĩrĩra, mindira, ngũngũni, and so on.[2]
- The same underlying pattern as that of nyamĩndigi.[4]
- The same underlying pattern as that of mũnyongoro.[4]
Noun edit
gĩtumumu class 7 (plural atumumu)
- (derogatory)[5] blind person
See also edit
References edit
- ^ “gĩtumumu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. 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.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kagaya, Ryohei (1982). "Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 24, 1–42.
- ^ wa-Mungai, Mbugua (2009). ""For I name thee…": Disability Onomastics in Kenyan Folklore and Popular Music." Disability Studies Quarterly: the first journal in the field of disability studies 4(29). →ISSN