irurumĩ
Kikuyu
Etymology
From kũruruma (“to thunder”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ìɾùɾùmě/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩboboto, ndaraca, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[2]
Noun
irurumĩ class 5 (plural marurumĩ)
- thunderclap
- Synonym: ngwa
See also
- rũheni
References
- “irurumĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 412. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- 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.