Kikuyu edit

 
thirũ

Pronunciation edit

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

Noun edit

rũthirũ class 11 (plural thirũ)

  1. bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum)[1]

Related terms edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1300. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
  • thirũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 517. Oxford: Clarendon Press.