rĩithia

Kikuyu edit

FWOTD – 8 April 2022

Etymology edit

Causative form of kũrĩa (“to eat”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɾeiðia/

Verb edit

rĩithia (infinitive kũrĩithia)

to make (someone) eat forcefully^[1]
to graze, to pasture^[1]

Derived terms edit

(Nouns)

mũrĩithi class 1

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “rĩa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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