bitharĩ
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Kikuyu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Swahili bizari.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- This a is pronounced long.
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun[edit]
bitharĩ class 9/10
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “bitharĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 30. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ 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.