kĩbaũ
Kikuyu edit
Pronunciation edit
- This a is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Swahili kibao.[1]
Noun edit
kĩbaũ class 7 (plural ibaũ)
Alternative forms edit
Related terms edit
(Nouns)
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kĩbaũ class 7 (plural ibaũ)
- (Northern) serval cat (Leptailurus serval)[2][1]
- Synonym: kĩrũũmi
- cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)[3]
- Synonyms: nginaraco, nginyaraca, kanyũtũ, kĩrũũmi
Alternative forms edit
See also edit
- (serval cat): mũrũngũru
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “kĩbaũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 26. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 257.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kingdon, Jonathan (1977). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume III Part A (Carnivores), p. 396. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. →ISBN