barĩthiramu

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from English pyrethrum.

Pronunciation
  • (Nyeri) IPA(key): /βàɾéːðìɾámú/[1]
This ĩ is pronounced long.[2]
Tonal class: unclassified[2]

Noun

barĩthiramu class 9/10 (plural barĩthiramu)

  1. pyrethrum

References
  1. Ford, K. C. (1975). "The Tones of Nouns in Kikuyu", p. 61. In Studies in African Linguistics, Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 49–64.
  2. “barĩthiramu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 25. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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