thũngũri

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ðo.ᵑɡo.ɾi/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 11 with a trisyllabic stem.
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) IPA(key): /ðò.ᵑɡò.ɾì(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, 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.[1]

Noun

thũngũri class 9/10 (plural thũngũri)

  1. hillock, knoll[2]
  2. bump[2]

Derived terms

(Nouns)

  • gathũngũri class 12
  • gĩthũngũri class 7

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. “thũngũri” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 537. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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