thumu

== Kikuyu == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ðùmù(ꜜ)/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), 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. === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== thumu class 9/10 (plural thumu) manure, fertilizer, obtained chiefly from cattle or sheep dung ===== See also ===== mai === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Swahili sumu. ==== Noun ==== thumu class 9/10 (plural thumu) venom ===== See also ===== ũrogi, ũrũrũ === References === Muiru, David N. (2007), Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ‎[1], page 9