ithĩnjĩro
Kikuyu
editEtymology
editFrom gũthĩnja (“to slaughter, to slay”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
Noun
editithĩnjĩro class 5 (plural mathĩnjĩro)
- place where slaughter takes place[1]
- Synonym: gĩthinjĩro
Derived terms
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