ambĩrĩria

Kikuyu

Etymology

From kwamba (“to do first”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aᵐbeɾeɾia/

Verb

ambĩrĩria (infinitive kwambĩrĩria)

  1. (transitive) to begin, to start

Derived terms

(Nouns)

  • kĩambĩrĩria class 7
  • mwambĩrĩrio class 3

References
  1. “ambĩrĩria” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 7. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
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