watho

== Kikuyu == === Alternative forms === waatho === Etymology === From gwatha (“to order, to command”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wà(ː)ðɔ̀(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, as waatho, 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. === Noun === watho class 14 (plural mawatho) law, rule kũrũmĩrĩra watho ― to observe the law === References ===