rũthingo

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records ruthingo as an equivalent of English wall in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɾoðiᵑɡɔ/

Noun

rũthingo class 11 (plural thingo)

  1. wall[2]

See also

References
  1. Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 64–65. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 12, 34.
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