ituuya
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- ituya
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ìtùːjáꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
Noun
ituuya class 5 (plural matuuya)
- fruit of Myrianthus arboreus (mũtuuya);[1] edible.
References
- “ituya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 475. Oxford: Clarendon Press.