rũbũa
Kikuyu
editPronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
editrũbũa class 11 (plural mbũa)
See also
edit- (flaky solder) ngocorai
References
edit- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “rũbũa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 38. Oxford: Clarendon Press.