mũthiũrũrũko

Kikuyu

Etymology

Derived from gũthiũrũrũka (“to go circularly”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mòðiòɾóɾòkɔ̀ꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with gĩeterero, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) Yukawa (1981:100–101,121) classifies this term into a group, whose remaining member is mwathimũro (“sneeze”).[1]

Noun

mũthiũrũrũko class 3 (plural mĩthiũrũrũko)

  1. to turning (a)round and (a)round

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References
  1. 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.
  • “mũthiũrũrũko” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 519. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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