-raihu

Kikuyu

Etymology

From kũraiha (“to be long/tall/far”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɾaihu/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4.

Adjective

-raihu

  1. long[1]
    Synonym: -raya
  2. tall[1]
    Synonym: -raya
    Antonym: -kuhĩ
    Mũthuuri ũyũ nĩ mũraihu. ― This man is tall.[2]
  3. far distant[1]
    Synonym: -raya

Inflection
agreement of -raihu
Singular Plural
Class 1, Class 2 mũraihu araihu
Class 3, Class 4 mũraihu mĩraihu
Class 5, Class 6 iraihu maraihu
Class 7, Class 8 kĩraihu ndaihu
Class 9, Class 10 ndaihu ndaihu
Class 11, Class 10 rũraihu ndaihu
Class 12, Class 13 karaihu tũraihu
Class 14, Class 6 mũraihu maraihu
Class 15, Class 6 kũraihu maraihu
Class 16 haraihu -

(Nouns)

  • mũraihu class 1
  • ũraihu class 14

References
  1. “-raihu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 367. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). "Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach", p. 57.
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