-iyũru

Kikuyu

Etymology

Derived from kũiyũra (“to be full”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ìjóɾù(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

Adjective

-iyũru

1. full (of)

Inflection

agreement of -iyũru

	Singular	Plural
Class 1, Class 2	mũiyũru	aiyũru
Class 3, Class 4	mũiyũru	mĩiyũru
Class 5, Class 6	rĩiyũru	maiyũru
Class 7, Class 8	kĩiyũru	njiyũru
Class 9, Class 10	njiyũru	njiyũru
Class 11, Class 10	rũiyũru	njiyũru
Class 12, Class 13	kaiyũru	tũiyũru
Class 14, Class 6	mũiyũru	maiyũru
Class 15, Class 6	kũiyũru	maiyũru
Class 16	haiyũru	-

Derived terms

• kenda mũiyũru