irimũ

== Kikuyu == === Etymology 1 === Some researchers have related this term with the following other Bantu terms: Kamba eimu (“ogre”); Chaga irimu “ogre”, Swahili kuzimu (“the place of spirits”), m(u)zimu (“the place for offerings”), zimwi (“ogre”) Nyanga (Congo) kirimu (“dragon”) Zulu izimu (“ogre, cannibal”); Sotho ledimo (“ogre, cannibal”) Duala edimo (“spirit of the departed”) Compare Proto-Bantu *-lîma (“spirit”) reconstructed by Kohl-Larsen (1963) and *-lîmu (“spirit”) reconstructed by Dammann (1970). See also Kikuyu mũrimũ (“disease (formerly thought to be caused by supernatural beings)”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ìɾímóꜜ/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on. ==== Noun ==== irimũ class 5 (plural marimũ) ogre who appears in folktales and tends to eat human beings === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ìɾìmóꜜ/ ==== Noun ==== irimũ class 8 plural of kĩrimũ === References === === Further reading === Adagala, Kavetsa and Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira (eds.) (1985). Kenyan Oral Narratives: A Selection. Nairobi and Kampala and Dar es Salaam: East African Eductional Publishers. →ISBN