irurumĩ

Kikuyu

Etymology

From kũruruma (“to thunder”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ìɾùɾùmě/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩboboto, ndaraca, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.^[2]

Noun

irurumĩ class 5 (plural marurumĩ)

thunderclap
Synonym: ngwa

See also

rũheni

References

^ “irurumĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 412. 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.

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