thirikari
Kikuyu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swahili serikali.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- This a is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
Noun edit
thirikari class 9/10 (plural thirikari)
- government
- thirikari nene - central government[1] (lit. great government)
- thirikari nini - local government (lit. small government)