gĩkuũ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣè.kuǒꜜ/

Armstrong (1940:50) presents this terms as ɣeku͜o. As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ɲamo class which includes nyamũ, gũtũ, guka, mũguĩ, mũgwacĩ, mũtwe, rũkũ, ũta, taata (“my aunt”), Kariũki (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.[2]

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.[3]

Noun

gĩkuũ class 7

death

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

gĩkuũ gĩtirĩ gĩathĩ
gĩkuũ gĩtithemagwo ta njĩra

Related terms

(Verbs)

gũkua

(Adjectives)

-kuũ

(Nouns)

mũkuũ

References

Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
“gĩkuũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 242. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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.

Anagrams

kĩguũ

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[lea1940-1] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[2] “gĩkuũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 242. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[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.