ambĩrĩria

Kikuyu

Etymology

From kwamba (“to do first”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aᵐbeɾeɾia/

Verb

ambĩrĩria (infinitive kwambĩrĩria)

1. (transitive) to begin, to start

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• kĩambĩrĩria class 7
• mwambĩrĩrio class 3

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).