itahuha

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ìtáhùːháꜜ/
This u is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a trisyllabic stem, together with ngũngũni, batĩrĩ, and so on.

Noun

itahuha class 5 (plural matahuha)

  1. puffadder (Bitis arietans)

See also

  • ndarabubwa

References

  1. ^ “itahuha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 426. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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