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mbarara

Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ᵐbáɾàːɾáꜜ/
The second a is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a trisyllabic stem, together with ngũngũni, batĩrĩ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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mbarara class 9/10 (plural mbarara)

  1. wart
    Synonym: mbatata

See also

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References

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  1. ^ “mbarara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 270. 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.
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