Kikuyu

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Etymology

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From gũthĩnja (to slaughter, to slay).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /màðèᶮd͡ʑéɾɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

Noun

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mathĩnjĩro class 6

  1. plural of ithĩnjĩro
  2. leaves on which an animal is slaughtered and cut up[1]
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(Nouns)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 ithĩnjĩro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 521. Oxford: Clarendon Press.