thiruai
Kikuyu
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBenson (1964) suspects affinity with Maasai o-sirua (“eland”).
Pronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5.
Noun
editthiruai class 9/10 (plural thiruai)
Related terms
edit(Nouns)
- gĩthirua class 7
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.
- “thirua” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 517. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Kingdon, Jonathan (1982). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume III Part C (Bovids), p. 126. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. →ISBN
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 451. →ISBN