-iyũru

Kikuyu

Etymology

Derived from kũiyũra (“to be full”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ìjóɾù(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

Adjective

-iyũru

  1. full (of)[1]

Inflection
agreement of -iyũru
Singular Plural
Class 1, Class 2 mũiyũru aiyũru
Class 3, Class 4 mũiyũru mĩiyũru
Class 5, Class 6 rĩiyũru maiyũru
Class 7, Class 8 kĩiyũru njiyũru
Class 9, Class 10 njiyũru njiyũru
Class 11, Class 10 rũiyũru njiyũru
Class 12, Class 13 kaiyũru tũiyũru
Class 14, Class 6 mũiyũru maiyũru
Class 15, Class 6 kũiyũru maiyũru
Class 16 haiyũru -

Derived terms
  • kenda mũiyũru

References
  1. “-iyũru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 194. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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