Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.

Noun

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ndũũma class 9/10 (plural ndũũma)

  1. (old) cocoyam, taro (Colocasia esculenta)[1]
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References

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  1. ^ Kays, Stanley J. (2011). Cultivated Vegetables of the World: A Multilingual Onomasticon, pp. 35, 36, 470. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers. →ISBN
  • tũma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 478. Oxford: Clarendon Press.