kĩihũ
Kikuyu
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a disyllabic stem, together with njege, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
editkĩihũ class 7 (plural ciihũ)
- mongoose, especially white-tailed mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda)[2]
- Synonym: mũihũ
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (1977). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume III Part A (Carnivores), p. 232. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. →ISBN
- “kĩihũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.