thwara

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili swala.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðoáɾà(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as thũara, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.^[2]

Noun

thwara class 9/10 (plural thwara)

certain kinds of antelope
1. Thomson's gazelle^[1] (Eudorcas thomsonii)
2. Grant's gazelle^[1] (Nanger granti)
3. impala^[1] (Aepyceros melampus)
4. reedbuck^[1] (Redunca spp.)
5. large duiker^[1]

Synonyms

(Thomson's gazelle): ndaratari,^[3] ngũri,^[3] njuacui, gacuacui
(impala): kĩrong'a^[4]
(reedbuck): bongwe

See also

thuni, thwariga
(duiker): thiya

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 “thwara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 539. 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.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 453. →ISBN
^ Leakey, op. cit., p. 452.