itumbĩ

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records itumbi (pl. matumbi) as an equivalent of English egg in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba itumbi (pl. matumbi) as its equivalent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ì.tù.ᵐbé/ As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ŋgoko class which includes ngũkũ, hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), kĩng'ang'i, maitũ (“my mother”), mbogo, mũkanda, mũthĩgi, nduka, ngingo, rũthanju, Wambũgũ (“man's name”), etc. 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 === itumbĩ class 5 (plural matumbĩ) egg === References === “itumbĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.