kĩĩhuruta

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

kĩhuruta, kĩĩhuruuta

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kihurruta as an equivalent of English butterfly in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kèːhúɾùːtáꜜ/

The penultimate u is pronounced long.[2]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩgorogoru, kĩĩhutaatĩ, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into groups including njegeeke, itarara, gĩtumumu in common.[3][4]

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcigĩrĩra, gĩtumumu, mindira, ngũngũni, and so on.[3]

Noun

kĩĩhuruta class 7 (plural ciĩhuruta)

butterfly
moth

References

Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 10–11. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
“kĩĩhuruta” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 197. 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.
Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

[hh1904-1] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 10–11. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[2] “kĩĩhuruta” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 197. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[yy1981-3] 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.

[yy1985-4] Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

单词	kĩĩhuruta
释义	kĩĩhuruta Kikuyu Alternative forms kĩhuruta, kĩĩhuruuta Etymology Hinde (1904) records kihurruta as an equivalent of English butterfly in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1] Pronunciation IPA^(key): /kèːhúɾùːtáꜜ/ The penultimate u is pronounced long.[2] As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩgorogoru, kĩĩhutaatĩ, and so on. (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into groups including njegeeke, itarara, gĩtumumu in common.[3][4] (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcigĩrĩra, gĩtumumu, mindira, ngũngũni, and so on.[3] Noun kĩĩhuruta class 7 (plural ciĩhuruta) butterfly moth References Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 10–11. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. “kĩĩhuruta” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 197. 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. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
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