gĩeterero
Kikuyu
Etymology
From a verb gweterera.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣeɛ̀tɛ́ɾɛ̀ɾɔ̀ꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
Noun
gĩeterero class 7
- waiting with patience; endurance
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- gĩeterero ti kĩinaino
References
- “gĩeterero” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 96. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Kagaya, Ryohei (1981). "An Analysis of Tonal Classification of Noun in the Kabete Dialect of Kikuyu", pp. 7, 9. In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22.