Kikuyu edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɣèkòjóꜜ/
  • As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Proper noun edit

kũyũ

  1. (collective) Kikuyu people
  2. Kikuyu language
    Synonym: Gĩgĩkũyũ
    kwaria Gĩkũyũto speak Kikuyu

Related terms edit

(Proper nouns)

Descendants edit

  • English: Kikuyu

Further reading edit

  • kũyũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 249. Oxford: Clarendon Press.