mũtumia wa kĩero gĩtune

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Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mòtùmíjà(ꜜ) wa keɛ̀ɾɔ̀(ꜜ) ɣètùːnɛ́ꜜ/

Noun[edit]

mũtumia wa kĩero gĩtune class 1 (plural atumia a kĩero gĩtune)

  1. (idiomatic) a woman whose husbands die one after another[1] (lit. a wife of a red thigh).

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References[edit]

  1. ^ “kĩero” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 95. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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