Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swahili kasuku.[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

Noun

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gathuku class 12 (plural tũthuku)

  1. parrot[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 gathuku” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 529. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.