thiya

Kikuyu

This i is pronounced long.[1]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.[2]

thiya class 9/10 (plural thiya)

“thiya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 519. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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.
Kingdon, Jonathan (1982). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume III Part C (Bovids), p. 318. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. →ISBN

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