gĩcũhĩ
Kikuyu
gĩcũhĩ gĩa kĩara
gĩcũhĩ gĩa gũtũ
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣèɕóhè(ꜜ)/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with njũi, and so on.
- (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũberethi, mũthamaki, thabina, njogoo, Mũthũngũ, mũthanga, rĩithori (pl. maithori), mũcemanio, kĩgokora, kĩroruha, ndagitari, and so on.[1][2]
Noun
gĩcũhĩ class 7 (plural icũhĩ)
- ring
- gĩcũhĩ gĩa kĩara - ring (for a finger)
- gĩcũhĩ gĩa gũtũ (pl. icũhĩ cia matu) - earring(s)
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.
- Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.