Etymology[edit]
Derived from kũrĩa (“to eat”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.
ũrĩo class 14
- right-hand side[1]
- Antonym: ũmotho
- guoko kwa ũrĩo ― on the right[1]
Related terms[edit]
(Nouns)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “mũrĩo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 399. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
