raaria

raaria

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

• raria

Etymology

Causative form of kũraara (“to spend the night”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾaːɾia/

Verb

raaria (infinitive kũraaria)

1. to protect, to keep company (through the night)

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• mwaki wa Ngai ũraaragio nĩ igoto
• rũtungu rũmwe rũtiraragia mwaki

References

1. “raaria” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 364. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).