riũa

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

riua

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾiòáꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3. Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[3]

Noun

riũa class 5 (plural mariũa)

sun
riũa rĩkĩratha - at sunrise

riũa rĩgĩthũa - at sunset

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

mũndũ ũrĩ na ũndũ otaga mwaki na riũa
riũa rĩtietagĩrĩra mũgendi
riũa rĩtietagĩrĩra mũthamaki

References

Alexandre Kimenyi's Website (retrieved 2 February 2016)
Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
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.

“riũa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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[1] Alexandre Kimenyi's Website (retrieved 2 February 2016)

[lea1940-2] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[yy1981-3] 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.