iturubarĩ

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Borrowed from Swahili tofali. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ìtùɾùβà(ː)ɾè(ꜜ)/ According to Benson (1964) and Yukawa (1981:109), this a is pronounced long. As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as iturubaarĩ, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, 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 === iturubarĩ class 5 (plural maturubarĩ) brick === References ===