wakarurĩ

Kikuyu
wakarurĩ (Poecilogale albinucha)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wakaɾuɾe/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1. This is, however, a matter of a term ngarurĩ.[2]
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) IPA(key): /wàːkàɾòɾèꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, as waakarũrĩ, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[3]

Noun

wakarurĩ

  1. African striped weasel (Poecilogale albinucha)

Usage notes

Although Benson (1964) translates ngarurĩ as skunk, no native species of Mephitidae is found in Kenya, where Kikuyu people live.[4]

See also

References
  1. Kingdon, Jonathan (1977). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume III Part A (Carnivores), p. 78. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. →ISBN
  2. “wakarurĩ”, "gakarurĩ", "ngarurĩ" in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. 211, 305–306, 559. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  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.
  4. IUCN (2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017-3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 March 2018.
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