thumu

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðùmù(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

Noun

thumu class 9/10 (plural thumu)[2]

  1. manure, fertilizer, obtained chiefly from cattle or sheep dung[2]
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Swahili sumu.[2]

Noun

thumu class 9/10 (plural thumu)[2]

  1. venom[2]
See also
  • ũrogi, ũrũrũ

References

  1. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75123.
  2. “thumu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 529. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Muiru, David N. (2007) Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, page 9
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