-ũru

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uru"

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /òɾú/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

Adjective

-ũru

  1. bad, ugly, repulsive[1]
    Antonym: -ega
    mũnungo mũũru ― bad smell
  2. unkind, surly, quarrelsome[1]
  3. fierce, violent[1]

Inflection
agreement of -ũru
Singular Plural
Class 1, Class 2 mũũru oru
Class 3, Class 4 mũũru mĩũru
Class 5, Class 6 rĩũru moru
Class 7, Class 8 kĩũru njũru
Class 9, Class 10 njũru njũru
Class 11, Class 10 rũũru njũru
Class 12, Class 13 koru tũũru
Class 14, Class 6 mũũru moru
Class 15, Class 6 kũũru moru
Class 16 horu -

Derived terms

(Nouns)

(Proverbs)

  • irimũ ikenagĩra ũndũ mũru
  • kanyamũ koru karoragwo na kanua

See also
  • -aganu, -ĩhia

References
  1. “-ũru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 558. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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