njĩmbĩrĩ
Kikuyu
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editPronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.
Noun
editnjĩmbĩrĩ class 9/10
- otter,[1] especially spot-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis, syn. Lutra maculicollis[2])
References
edit- ^ “ngĩmbĩrĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 310. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (1977). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume III Part A (Carnivores), p. 110. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. →ISBN