gĩthũnũ

== Kikuyu == === Alternative forms === githunu === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣèðònó/ 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. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on. === Noun === gĩthũnũ class 7 (plural ithũnũ) roughly built hut initiation candidates' hut built adjacent to the women's sleeping place of the senior co-wife's hut ==== See also ==== (initiation candidates' hut): kĩganda === References ===