Gĩkũyũ
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣèkòjóꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
Proper noun
Gĩkũyũ
- (collective) Kikuyu people[1]
- Kikuyu language
- Synonym: Gĩgĩkũyũ
- kwaria Gĩkũyũ ― to speak Kikuyu
Related terms
(Proper nouns)
- (individual) Mũgĩkũyũ class 1
Descendants
- → English: Kikuyu
References
- “Gĩkũyũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 249. Oxford: Clarendon Press.