thamaki

Kikuyu

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðàmákì(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.^[3]

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Noun

thamaki class 9/10 (plural thamaki)

fish

References

^ “thamaki” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 490. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Baldi, Sergio (2011) “Swahili: A Donor Language”, in Lingua Posnaniensis‎^[1], volume 53, number 1, →DOI, page 19 of 7-24
^ 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. 10.

[1] “thamaki” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 490. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[2] Baldi, Sergio (2011) “Swahili: A Donor Language”, in Lingua Posnaniensis‎^[1], volume 53, number 1, →DOI, page 19 of 7-24

[yy1981-3] 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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