thibitarĩ

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Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English hospital.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ðìβìtáːɾèꜜ/
This a is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 14 with a tetrasyllabic stem.

Noun[edit]

thibitarĩ class 9/10 (plural thibitarĩ)

  1. hospital

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “thibitarĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 507. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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