ũtune

Kikuyu

Etymology

ũ- +‎ -tune (red)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /òtùːnɛ́ꜜ/

This u is pronounced long.[1]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

(Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as ũtuune, 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, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]

Noun

ũtune class 14 (plural motune)

redness, red

References

“ũtune” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 470. 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.

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