rũbaũ
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Swahili ubao (“board”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾòβàːóꜜ/
- This a is pronounced long.[1]
- 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) As for Tonal Class, 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.[2]
Noun
rũbaũ class 11 (plural mbaũ)
Related terms
(nouns)
See also
- (plank): mũhĩrĩgo
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “rũbaũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 26. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ 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.