mũrũaru

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòɾoàɾú/
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.

Noun

mũrũaru class 3 (plural mĩrũaru)

  1. sick person, patient[1]
  2. crowned crane, golden crested crane, Kavirondo crane[2][1] (Balearica sp.)

Synonyms

  • (crowned crane): naitore,[2] naitũrĩ

(Verbs)

  • kũrũara
(Nouns)

(Adjectives)

  • -rũaru

See also

  • (crowned crane): cũcũ wa njoka

References

  1. 1 2 “mũrũaru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 416. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. 1 2 Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 257.
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