rĩma

See also: Rima and rima

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kurimma as an equivalent of English cultivate in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kuimu and Swahili kulima as its equivalents.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾema/

Verb

rĩma (infinitive kũrĩma)

to cultivate^[2]

Derived terms

(Nouns)

mũrĩmi class 1
ũrĩmi class 14

(Proverbs)

ũ(ũ)gĩ wa mũndũ ũmwe ndũrĩmaga

References

^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 16–17. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
^ Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 32, 236, 243.

Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[hh1904-1] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 16–17. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[arb1960-2] Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 32, 236, 243.

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