Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swahili msalaba,[1] from Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mòðàɾàβáꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.

Noun

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mũtharaba class 3 (plural mĩtharaba)

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References

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  1. ^ tharaba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 495. Oxford: Clarendon Press.