Wiktionary

rĩithia

Kikuyu

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FWOTD – 8 April 2022

Etymology

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Causative form of kũrĩa (“to eat”).[1]. Compare with Chichewa -dyetsa (“to feed”) and Swahili -lisha (“to feed”)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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rĩithia (infinitive kũrĩithia)

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

Derived terms

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(Nouns)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “rĩa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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