ũcũrũ

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

uchuru^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ò(t)ɕòɾǒ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, nyũmba, etc.^[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.^[3]

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Noun

ũcũrũ class 14

gruel, porridge

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

mbaara ti ũcũrũ

References

^ Kibue, Michael N. (1996). "A Farmer's View." In Joske Bunders and Bertus Haverkort and Wim Hiemstra (eds.), Biotechnology; Building on Farmers' Knowledge, pp. 15–21. London: Macmillan Education. →ISBN
^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
^ 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.

“ũcũrũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[1] Kibue, Michael N. (1996). "A Farmer's View." In Joske Bunders and Bertus Haverkort and Wim Hiemstra (eds.), Biotechnology; Building on Farmers' Knowledge, pp. 15–21. London: Macmillan Education. →ISBN

[lea1940-2] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[yy1981-3] 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.

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