barĩthiramu
Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from English pyrethrum.
Pronunciation
- (Nyeri) IPA(key): /βàɾéːðìɾámú/[1]
- This ĩ is pronounced long.[2]
- Tonal class: unclassified[2]
Noun
barĩthiramu class 9/10 (plural barĩthiramu)
- pyrethrum
References
- Ford, K. C. (1975). "The Tones of Nouns in Kikuyu", p. 61. In Studies in African Linguistics, Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 49–64.
- “barĩthiramu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 25. Oxford: Clarendon Press.