gĩcũnũnũ
Kikuyu
Etymology
Cf. Swahili kisonono.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣeɕono(ː)no/
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as gĩcũnũũnũ, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[1]
Noun
gĩcũnũnũ class 7
- gonorrhea[1]
- Synonym: mũthiori
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.