kiugũ

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See also: kĩũgũ

Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kiù.ɣǒ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.^[1]

Noun[edit]

kiugũ class 7 (plural ciugũ)

cattle enclosure, pen, corral

See also[edit]

rũgiri, rũirigo

References[edit]

^ 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.

“kiugũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. xxii–xxiii, 540. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 9, 33.

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