gĩthomo

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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From gũthoma (to read).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣèðɔ̀ːmɔ́ꜜ/
The first o is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun

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gĩthomo class 7 (plural ithomo)

  1. education
    gĩthomo kĩa igũrũhigher education[1]
  2. study, learning[1]
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(Nouns)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 thomo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 524. Oxford: Clarendon Press.