thiruai

== Kikuyu == === Alternative forms === thirua === Etymology === Benson (1964) suspects affinity with Maasai o-sirua (“eland”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ðiɾuai/, /ðiɾoai/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5. (Murang'a) IPA(key): /ðí.ɾwà.íꜜ/ The same underlying pattern as that of mindira. (Nyeri) IPA(key): /ðì.ɾwá.ǐ/ (Ndia) IPA(key): /ðí.ɾwá.ì/ The same underlying pattern as that of njohero. === Noun === thiruai class 9/10 (plural thiruai) eland Synonym: namũ ==== Related terms ==== (Nouns) gĩthirua class 7 === References === “thirua” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 517. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Kingdon, Jonathan (1982). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume III Part C (Bovids), p. 126. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. →ISBN Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 451. →ISBN