kĩrũngũrĩra

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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From a verb kũrũngũra.[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 11 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
  • (Kiambu)
    • (Limuru) IPA(key): /kèɾòᵑɡòɾèɾɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, as kĩrũngũrĩro, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (fire), mwario (way of speaking), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (breast(s)), and so on.[2]

Noun

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kĩrũngũrĩra class 7 (plural irũngũrĩra)

  1. heartburn[1][3]
    Hypernym: ndwari[3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 rũngũrĩra” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 420. 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, 75–123.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, pp. 905, 926. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN