namũ
See also: namu
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /námò(ꜜ)/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.
Noun
namũ class 9/10 (plural namũ)
- eland (Taurotragus oryx)
- Synonyms: thiruai, thirua
Related terms
(Nouns)
- manamũ class 6
References
- “namũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 278. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 451. →ISBN