ndimũ

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili ndimu.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ⁿdìmóꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.^[2]

Noun

ndimũ class 9/10 (plural ndimũ)

lemon (fruit)^[1]
(key) lime (Citrus aurantiifolia)^[3]

See also

icungwa, thandara

References

1 2 “mũtimũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 449. 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.
↑ Hoorweg, Jan and Rudo Niemeijer (1980). "Preliminary studies on some aspects of Kikuyu food habits." In Ecology of food and nutrition, 9, pp. 139–150.

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