ũrĩo
Kikuyu
Etymology
Derived from kũrĩa (“to eat”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /òɾeɔ̌ꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.
Noun
ũrĩo class 14
- right-hand side[1]
- guoko kwa ũrĩo - on the right[1]
- Antonym: ũmotho
Related terms
(Nouns)
- mũrĩo class 3
References
- “mũrĩo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 399. Oxford: Clarendon Press.