mũtumia wa kĩero gĩtune

Kikuyu edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mòtùmíjà(ꜜ) wa keɛ̀ɾɔ̀(ꜜ) ɣètùːnɛ́ꜜ/

Noun edit

mũtumia wa kĩero gĩtune class 1 (plural atumia a kĩero gĩtune)

  1. (idiomatic) a woman whose husbands die one after another[1] (lit. a wife of a red thigh).

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ ero” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 95. Oxford: Clarendon Press.