ũrata

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /òɾàːtáꜜ/

The first a is pronounced long.^[1]

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.^[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun

ũrata class 14

1. friendship

   Synonym: ndũgũ

Related terms

(Nouns)

• mũrata class 1

References

1. “ũrata” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
2. Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).