kĩrung'u
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- kĩrung'o
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kèɾùŋò(ꜜ)/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[1]
Noun
kĩrung'u class 7 (plural irung'u) (diminutive karung'u)
- section of log or pole[2]
- chunk, hunk, joint (of meat)[2]
See also
- (section of log): mũgogo, rũkũ, rũtungu
References
- 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.
- “kĩrung'o” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 411. Oxford: Clarendon Press.