ũraihu

ũraihu

Kikuyu

Etymology

From kũraiha (“to be long/tall/far”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾaihu/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4.

• (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) IPA^(key): /òɾàìhó/

As for Tonal Class, as ũraihũ, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.[2]

Noun

ũraihu class 14 (plural moraihu)

1. length[1]
2. height[1]

Related terms

(Nouns)

• mũraihu class 1

(Adjectives)

• -raihu

See also

• ũraya

References

1. “ũraihu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 367. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
2. 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.