irimũ

Kikuyu

Etymology 1

Some researchers have related this term with the following other Bantu terms:

Kamba eimu (“ogre”);[1][2] Chaga irimu “ogre”,[3][4][1][5]

Swahili kuzimu (“the place of spirits”),[1][2] m(u)zimu (“the place for offerings”),[1][5] zimwi (“ogre”)[5]

Nyanga (Congo) kirimu (“dragon”)[1]

Zulu izimu (“ogre, cannibal”);[3][1][5] Sotho ledimo (“ogre, cannibal”)[1][5]

Duala edimo (“spirit of the departed”)[1][2]

Compare Proto-Bantu *-lîma (“spirit”) reconstructed by Kohl-Larsen (1963)[4] and *-lîmu (“spirit”) reconstructed by Dammann (1970).[6] See also Kikuyu mũrimũ (“disease (formerly thought to be caused by supernatural beings)”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ìɾímóꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.[7]

Noun

irimũ class 5 (plural marimũ)

ogre[8] who appears in folktales and tends to eat human beings[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ìɾìmóꜜ/

Noun

irimũ class 8

plural of kĩrimũ

References

Miyamoto, Masaoki (2009). スワヒリ文学の風土, pp. 163–164. Tokyo: Daisanshokan. →ISBN
Werner, Alice (1933). Myths and Legends of the Bantu.
Beaujard, Phillipe (1982). "Un conte malgache: des ‘Enfants chez l’Ogre’," p. 61. Cahiers de Littérature orale (12), 39–80.
Kohl-Larsen, Ludwig (1963). Das Kürbisungeheuer und die Ama’irmi: ostafrikanische Riesengeschichten, S. 9. E. Röth-Verlag.
Aranikian, M. H. and A. Werner (1925). The Mythology of All Races: Armenian and African, p. 404. New York: Marshall Jones. Reprint, New York: Cooper Square, 1964.
Dammann, E. (1970). "Urbantu limu »Geist« und seine Derivate", S. 64. In H. Spitzbardt (ed.) Sprache und Gesellschaft, S. 62–76. Jena: Friedrich-Schiller Universität.
Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
“irimũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 387. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

单词	irimũ
释义	irimũ Kikuyu Etymology 1 Some researchers have related this term with the following other Bantu terms: Kamba eimu (“ogre”);[1][2] Chaga irimu “ogre”,[3][4][1][5] Swahili kuzimu (“the place of spirits”),[1][2] m(u)zimu (“the place for offerings”),[1][5] zimwi (“ogre”)[5] Nyanga (Congo) kirimu (“dragon”)[1] Zulu izimu (“ogre, cannibal”);[3][1][5] Sotho ledimo (“ogre, cannibal”)[1][5] Duala edimo (“spirit of the departed”)[1][2] Compare Proto-Bantu -lîma (“spirit”) reconstructed by Kohl-Larsen (1963)[4] and -lîmu (“spirit”) reconstructed by Dammann (1970).[6] See also Kikuyu mũrimũ (“disease (formerly thought to be caused by supernatural beings)”). Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ìɾímóꜜ/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.[7] Noun irimũ class 5 (plural marimũ) ogre[8] who appears in folktales and tends to eat human beings[1] Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ìɾìmóꜜ/ Noun irimũ class 8 plural of kĩrimũ References Miyamoto, Masaoki (2009). スワヒリ文学の風土, pp. 163–164. Tokyo: Daisanshokan. →ISBN Werner, Alice (1933). Myths and Legends of the Bantu. Beaujard, Phillipe (1982). "Un conte malgache: des ‘Enfants chez l’Ogre’," p. 61. Cahiers de Littérature orale (12), 39–80. Kohl-Larsen, Ludwig (1963). Das Kürbisungeheuer und die Ama’irmi: ostafrikanische Riesengeschichten, S. 9. E. Röth-Verlag. Aranikian, M. H. and A. Werner (1925). The Mythology of All Races: Armenian and African, p. 404. New York: Marshall Jones. Reprint, New York: Cooper Square, 1964. Dammann, E. (1970). "Urbantu limu »Geist« und seine Derivate", S. 64. In H. Spitzbardt (ed.) Sprache und Gesellschaft, S. 62–76. Jena: Friedrich-Schiller Universität. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123. “irimũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 387. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Further reading Adagala, Kavetsa and Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira (eds.) (1985). Kenyan Oral Narratives: A Selection. Nairobi and Kampala and Dar es Salaam: East African Eductional Publishers. →ISBN
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irimũ

Kikuyu

Etymology 1

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