mbĩrĩra
Kikuyu edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- The first ĩ is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun edit
mbĩrĩra class 9/10 (plural mbĩrĩra)
Derived terms edit
(Proverbs)
Related terms edit
(Nouns)
- kĩbĩrĩra class 7
References edit
- ^ “mbĩrĩra” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 273. 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.