ibabai

== Kikuyu == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ì.βà.βà.ì(ꜜ)/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩberethi, mbogoro, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on. === Noun === ibabai class 5 (plural mababai) fruit of papaya, pawpaw ==== Holonyms ==== (tree) mũbabai === References === “ibabai” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 22. Oxford: Clarendon Press.