thirikari

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Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Swahili serikali.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

This a is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.

Noun[edit]

thirikari class 9/10 (plural thirikari)

  1. government
    thirikari nene - central government[1] (lit. great government)
    thirikari nini - local government (lit. small government)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “thirikari” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 516. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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