gĩthingithia
Kikuyu
Etymology
Derived from a verb gũthingithia.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣèðìᵑɡíðiáꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩng'aurũ, mbahaca, mwarimũ, and so on.
Noun
gĩthingithia class 7 (plural ithingithia)
- earthquake[1]
References
- “gĩthingithia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 514. Oxford: Clarendon Press.