mũrĩithi
Kikuyu edit
Etymology edit
From kũrĩithia (“to graze, to pasture”).
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
Noun edit
mũrĩithi class 1 (plural arĩithi)
References edit
- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- “mũrĩithi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.