gĩtugĩ
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣètùɣé/
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ŋgoko class which includes ngũkũ, hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), kĩng'ang'i, maitũ (“my mother”), mbogo, mũkanda, mũthĩgi, nduka, ngingo, rũthanju, Wambũgũ (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
Noun
gĩtugĩ class 7 (plural itugĩ)
- pillar, post, prop[2]
- Synonym: gĩtingĩ
See also
- mũitĩrĩro, gĩkĩngĩ, kĩrĩĩgo
References
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- “gĩtugĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 466. Oxford: Clarendon Press.