biribiri
See also: biri-biri
Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili pilipili, from Persian پلپل (pelpel), ultimately from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali).[1]
Pronunciation
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 12 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with ndarubiini, and so on.
- (Kiambu) IPA(key): /βìɾìβíɾíꜜ/
- (Kabete) The same underlying pattern as that of ithandũkũ.[2]
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.[3]
- (Ndia) IPA(key): /βìɾìβìɾì/
References
- “biribiri” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 29. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Kagaya, Ryohei (1981). "An Analysis of Tonal Classification of Noun in the Kabete Dialect of Kikuyu." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 1–20.
- 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.
- Ford, K. C. (1975). "The Tones of Nouns in Kikuyu." In Studies in African Linguistics, Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 49–64.
- Kagaya, Ryohei (1982). "Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 24, 1–42.
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