thara

Kikuyu

thara

The first a is pronounced long.[1]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[2]

thara class 9/10 (plural thara)

“thara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 495. 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.
Kitalyi, Aichi and David M. Miano and Sandra Mwebaze and Charles Wambugu (2005). More forage, more milk: Forage production for small-scale zero grazing systems, p. 114. RELMA Technical Handbook No. 33. Nairobi: Regional Land Management Unit (RELMA in ICRAF) / World Agroforestry Centre. →ISBN
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