Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Derived from kuonereria (to show by example).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /keɔ̀nɛ́ɾɛ́ɾiá/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩririkania, and so on.

Noun

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kĩonereria class 7 (plural cionereria)

  1. example, pattern[1]

References

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  1. ^ onereria” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 359. Oxford: Clarendon Press.