rũthĩa

Kikuyu edit

Etymology edit

From gũthĩa (“to grind”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɾòðè(j)á/

Benson (1964) claims that there is y between ĩ and a.^[1]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[2]

Noun edit

rũthĩa class 11 (plural thĩa)

jaw^[1]
cheek^[1]^[3]
Synonym: ikai

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 “rũthĩa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 520. 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.
^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.

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