itaata
Kikuyu
Etymology
From the verb gũtaata.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ìtáːtǎꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including buubu, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mũbira, mwera,nyanya (“tomato”), thani, thimbũ, and so on.[2]
Noun
itaata class 5 (plural mataata)
- drop, drip
References
- “itaata” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 424. 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.