gĩkuũ

Kikuyu edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɣè.kuǒꜜ/

Armstrong (1940:50) presents this terms as ɣeku͜o. As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ɲamo class which includes nyamũ, gũtũ, guka, mũguĩ, mũgwacĩ, mũtwe, rũkũ, ũta, taata (“my aunt”), Kariũki (“man's name”), etc.^[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.^[2]

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.^[3]

Noun edit

gĩkuũ class 7

death

Derived terms edit

(Proverbs)

Related terms edit

(Verbs)

gũkua

(Adjectives)

-kuũ

(Nouns)

mũkuũ

References edit

^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
^ “gĩkuũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 242. 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.

Anagrams edit

kĩguũ

[lea1940-1] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[2] “gĩkuũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 242. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[yy1981-3] 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.

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