rũũĩ
Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records rūi as an equivalent of English river in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾòːéꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]
Noun
rũũĩ class 11 (plural njũĩ)
- river
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- kĩũra kĩaringio rũũĩ kiugaga nĩkĩo kĩeringia
- mũgeni nĩ rũũĩ
Related terms
(Nouns)
- karũũĩ class 12
See also
- maĩ, mũtaro
References
- Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 50–51. Cambridge: Cambridge University 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.
- “rũũĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 550. Oxford: Clarendon Press.