thaburia

Kikuyu edit

Alternative forms edit

thuburia

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Swahili sufuria.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ðàβúɾiǎꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 10 with a trisyllabic stem, together with gĩting'ũri, ndigithũ, kĩĩgunyĩ, and so on.

(Kiambu) IPA^(key): /ðàβúɾiáꜜ/^[3]^[4]

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), and so on.^[4]

Noun edit

thaburia class 9/10 (plural thaburia)

metal cooking pot, saucepan

References edit

^ “thaburia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 486. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 55: “Similarly, sufuria (metal cooking pot) is borrowed as sugria in Dholuo and as thaburia in Gĩkũyũ”
^ Kagaya, Ryohei (1981). "An Analysis of Tonal Classification of Noun in the Kabete Dialect of Kikuyu", pp. 7, 9. In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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.

[1] “thaburia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 486. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[2] Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 55: “Similarly, sufuria (metal cooking pot) is borrowed as sugria in Dholuo and as thaburia in Gĩkũyũ”

[3] Kagaya, Ryohei (1981). "An Analysis of Tonal Classification of Noun in the Kabete Dialect of Kikuyu", pp. 7, 9. In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22.

[yy1981-4] 4.0 ^4.1 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.

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