rũthirũ

Kikuyu
thirũ

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɾòðìɾó/
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.

Noun

rũthirũ class 11 (plural thirũ)

  1. bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum)[1]

(Nouns)

  • rũthirũthirũ class 11

References
  1. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1300. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
  • “rũthirũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 517. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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