ambĩrĩria

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === From kwamba (“to do first”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aᵐbeɾeɾia/ === Verb === ambĩrĩria (infinitive kwambĩrĩria) (transitive) to begin, to start ==== Derived terms ==== (Nouns) kĩambĩrĩria class 7 mwambĩrĩrio class 3 === References === Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).