irurumĩ
Kikuyu
editEtymology
editFrom kũruruma (“to thunder”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩboboto, ndaraca, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
editirurumĩ class 5 (plural marurumĩ)
- thunderclap
- Synonym: ngwa
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ “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.