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raaria

Kikuyu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Causative form of kũraara (“to spend the night”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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raaria (infinitive kũraaria)

  1. to protect, to keep company (through the night)

Derived terms

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(Proverbs)

References

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  1. ^ “raaria” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 364. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
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