gĩthima mbũri
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- githima mburi, gĩthimambũri[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣèðìmà(ꜜ) ᵐbóɾí(ꜜ)/
- (gĩthima) As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- (mbũri) As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.
Noun
gĩthima mbũri class 7 (plural ithima mbũri)
- coucal,[1] especially Burchell's coucal (Centropus superciliosus burchellii, syn. C. burchellii)[2]
Related terms
(Nouns)
- mũthima-mbũri class 3
References
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, p. 695. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
- “gĩthima-mbũri” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 512. Oxford: Clarendon Press.