Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swahili ndimu.[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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ndimũ class 9/10 (plural ndimũ)

  1. lemon (fruit)[1]
  2. (key) lime (Citrus × aurantiifolia)[3]

See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 timũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 449. 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.
  3. ^ Hoorweg, Jan and Rudo Niemeijer (1980). "Preliminary studies on some aspects of Kikuyu food habits." In Ecology of food and nutrition, 9, pp. 139–150.