rĩĩtwa

Etymology
From a verb.

Hinde (1904) records ritoa as an equivalent of English in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of 🇨🇬 and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba  as its equivalents.

Pronunciation



 * As, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including , njege, , , , etc., which is incorporated into another group including , , (pl. ), , ,  (pl. ), , , , , , etc. in Yukawa (1985).
 * According to Yukawa (1985:194,198,200):

Noun

 * 1) name
 * rĩĩtwa // - my/thy/his or her name