njuĩrĩ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ᶮd͡ʑuèɾéꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
    • (Limuru) IPA(key): /ᶮd͡ʑoèɾéꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, as njũĩrĩ, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[1]
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Noun

njuĩrĩ class 9/10 (plural njuĩrĩ)

  1. hair[2]
    Synonym: mbuĩ

(Nouns)

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ “njuĩrĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 335. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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