gĩcũhĩ

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Kikuyu

gĩcũhĩ gĩa kĩara

gĩcũhĩ gĩa gũtũ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣèɕóhè(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with njũi, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũberethi, mũthamaki, thabina, njogoo, Mũthũngũ, mũthanga, rĩithori (pl. maithori), mũcemanio, kĩgokora, kĩroruha, ndagitari, and so on.^[1]^[2]

Noun

gĩcũhĩ class 7 (plural icũhĩ)

ring
gĩcũhĩ gĩa kĩara ― ring (for a finger)

gĩcũhĩ gĩa gũtũ; icũhĩ cia matu ― earring; earrings

References

^ 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.
^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

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