ũũru

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oòɾú/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[1]

Noun

ũũru class 14 (plural maũũru)

badness, wrong doing^[2]

Related terms

(Adjectives)

-ũru class 14

See also

rĩĩhia

References

^ 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.
^ “ũũru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 558. Oxford: Clarendon Press.