gĩthima mbũri

Kikuyu
gĩthima mbũri (Centropus superciliosus burchellii)

Alternative forms
  • githima mburi, gĩthimambũri[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣèðìmà(ꜜ) ᵐbóɾí(ꜜ)/
(gĩthima) As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
(mbũri) As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.

Noun

gĩthima mbũri class 7 (plural ithima mbũri)

  1. coucal,[1] especially Burchell's coucal (Centropus superciliosus burchellii, syn. C. burchellii)[2]

(Nouns)

  • mũthima-mbũri class 3

References
  1. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, p. 695. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
  2. “gĩthima-mbũri” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 512. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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