ithandũkũ

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili sanduku[1], from Arabic صَنْدُوق‎ (ṣandūq)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ìðàⁿdókóꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩng'aurũ, mbahaca, mwarimũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.[2]

Noun

ithandũkũ class 5 (plural mathandũkũ)

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References

“ithandũkũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 493. Oxford: Clarendon 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.

Kagaya, Ryohei (1981). "An Analysis of Tonal Classification of Noun in the Kabete Dialect of Kikuyu", pp. 7, 9. In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22.

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[1] “ithandũkũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 493. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[yy1981-2] 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.