rũbutu

See also: rubutu

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾòβútúꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.

(Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, thaburia, and so on.^[1]

Noun

rũbutu class 11 (plural mbutu)

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Holonym: ũthiũ

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.

“rũbutu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.