Kikuyu

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Etymology

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From kũrĩra (to weep).[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun

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kĩrĩro class 7 (plural irĩro)

  1. weeping[1]
  2. mourning[1]

See also

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(mourning)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 rĩro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 401. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.