rĩithia

KikuyuEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɾeiðia/

VerbEdit

rĩithia (infinitive kũrĩithia)

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

Derived termsEdit

(Nouns)

mũrĩithi class 1

ReferencesEdit

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

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