-raihu
Kikuyu
Etymology
From kũraiha (“to be long/tall/far”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾaihu/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4.
Adjective
-raihu
- long[1]
- Synonym: -raya
- tall[1]
- Mũthuuri ũyũ nĩ mũraihu. - This man is tall.[2]
- Synonym: -raya
- Antonym: -kuhĩ
- far distant[1]
- Synonym: -raya
Inflection
agreement of -raihu
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1, Class 2 | mũraihu | araihu |
| Class 3, Class 4 | mũraihu | mĩraihu |
| Class 5, Class 6 | iraihu | maraihu |
| Class 7, Class 8 | kĩraihu | ndaihu |
| Class 9, Class 10 | ndaihu | ndaihu |
| Class 11, Class 10 | rũraihu | ndaihu |
| Class 12, Class 13 | karaihu | tũraihu |
| Class 14, Class 6 | mũraihu | maraihu |
| Class 15, Class 6 | kũraihu | maraihu |
| Class 16 | haraihu | - |
Related terms
(Nouns)
- mũraihu class 1
- ũraihu class 14
References
- “-raihu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 367. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). "Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach", p. 57.