kira

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ra/

Verb

kira

1. to assume, think that, suspect, guess, imagine
2. to be of the opinion that
3. be left out of consideration, get no consideration
4. to compute, calculate

Noun

kira

1. (colloquial) feeling, opinion, supposition, presumption (not based on concrete evidence)
2. guess, estimate, estimation, calculation, count, conjecture
3. (in questions, negatives) would have thought

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiɾa/

Verb

kira (infinitive gũkira)

1. to hold one's tongue

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Anagrams

• rika

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kirə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kira/
• Rhymes: -irə, -rə, -ə

Verb

kira (used in the form mengira)

1. to count (to enumerate or determine number)