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thibitarĩ

Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English hospital.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ðìβìtáːɾèꜜ/
This a is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 14 with a tetrasyllabic stem.

Noun

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thibitarĩ class 9/10 (plural thibitarĩ)

  1. hospital

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “thibitarĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 507. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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