irigithathi
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Kikuyu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a verb kũrigithatha.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- This a is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with gĩeterero, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Nairobi) Yukawa classifies this term into a group including mwathimũro etc.[2]
Noun[edit]
irigithathi class 5 (plural marigithathi)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “irigithathi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 384. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns", pp. 193, 197. In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
- Kagaya, Ryohei (1981). "An Analysis of Tonal Classification of Noun in the Kabete Dialect of Kikuyu", pp. 7, 9. In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22.