rwambo

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

  • rũambo

Etymology

From kwamba (to stretch out, to peg (out)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾoàᵐbɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

rwambo class 11 (plural nyambo)

  1. one of the pegs used for stretching out hides and skins to dry up[1]

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

  • rwambo rũmwe rũtiambaga ndarwa

See also

References

  1. ambo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 9. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75123.
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