thũ

See also: thu, thụ, thú, thủ, thư, and thứ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðǒꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.^[1]

Noun

thũ class 9/10 (plural thũ)

1. enemy

   Synonym: muku

   Antonym: mũrata^[2]

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• kaba thũ njũĩ kũrĩ thũ itoĩ
• thũ ndĩagaga mwenji
• thũ ndĩgũaga harĩa ĩikagio
• thũ yũĩo ti njũru ta mũrata wa maheni

References

1. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
2. Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach.

• “thũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.