rĩithia

Kikuyu

Etymology

Causative form of kũrĩa (“to eat”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾeiðia/

Verb

rĩithia (infinitive kũrĩithia)

to make (someone) eat forcefully[1]
to graze, to pasture[1]

Derived terms

(Nouns)

mũrĩithi class 1

References

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

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