See also: Ikumi and ikumi

Kikuyu edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *ìkʊ́mì.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ikũmi class 5 (plural makũmi)

  1. ten[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ ikũmi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 243. Oxford: Clarendon Press.