thigiriri

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === Hinde (1904) records thigirriri as an equivalent of English ant (small black) in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ðìɣíɾìɾíꜜ/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩgorogoru, kĩĩhutaatĩ, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) Yukawa (1981:122) classifies this term into a group, whose only remaining member is mũnyiginyigi. === Noun === thigiriri class 9/10 (plural thigiriri) small black garden or sugar ant ==== See also ==== mũgagaca, thambo, thuraku, mũthũa === References ===