gĩtĩ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣètě/
As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, nyũmba, etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũtĩ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class,  Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including kahiũ, mũtĩ, rũhĩa (pl. hĩa), and so on.[2]

Noun

gĩtĩ class 7 (plural itĩ)

  1. stool (a utensil on which one sits)

(Nouns)

See also

  • gĩcũng'wa, njũng'ũa, gĩturwa

References

  1. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  2. ^ 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.
  • “gĩtĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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