thabai

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ða.βa.i/
  • As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 14 with a trisyllabic stem.

Noun

thabai class 9/10 (plural thabai)

  1. A species of nettle, Urtica massaica Mildbr.; leaves traditionally used as vegetable among Gĩkũyũ people.
    Synonym: hatha

References
  • Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. xxxii–xxxiii. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Leakey, L. S. B. (1977) The Southern Kikuyu before 1903‎, volume 3, London and New York: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 1346
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