Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swahili dhahabu,[1] from Arabic ذَهَب (ḏahab).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ðàháβù(ꜜ)/, /ðàháβǔꜜ/
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. Also class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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thahabu class 10

  1. gold

References

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  1. ^ “thahabu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 487. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.
  • Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 15.