rwambo

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

• rũambo

Etymology

From kwamba (“to stretch out, to peg (out)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾoàᵐbɔ̀(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.

Noun

rwambo class 11 (plural nyambo)

1. one of the pegs used for stretching out hides and skins to dry up

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• rwambo rũmwe rũtiambaga ndarwa

See also

• mũcumarĩ