gĩcũhĩ

Kikuyu

gĩcũhĩ gĩa kĩara

gĩcũhĩ gĩa gũtũ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣèɕóhè(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with njũi, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũberethi, mũthamaki, thabina, njogoo, Mũthũngũ, mũthanga, rĩithori (pl. maithori), mũcemanio, kĩgokora, kĩroruha, ndagitari, and so on.[1][2]

Noun

gĩcũhĩ class 7 (plural icũhĩ)

ring
gĩcũhĩ gĩa kĩara ― ring (for a finger)

gĩcũhĩ gĩa gũtũ; icũhĩ cia matu ― earring; earrings

References

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.
Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

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