mũrĩmo

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See also: Murimo

Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /mòɾémɔ̀(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.^[1]

Noun[edit]

mũrĩmo class 3 (plural mĩrĩmo)

side of a river or a valley
mũrĩmo ũrĩa ― on the opposite side^[2]

mũrĩmo ũyũ ― on this side^[2]

References[edit]

^ 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.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “mũrĩmo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 399. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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