Kamau
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kamau (plural Kamaus)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kamau is the 17992nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1552 individuals. Kamau is most common among Black/African American (88.53%) individuals.
Anagrams
[edit]Kikuyu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- 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, etc.[1] Clements (1984) classifies this term into “HL class” corresponding to Armstrong's mbori class and Benson's disyllabic 3, together with mũgeka, mũrata, and mwana.[2]
Proper noun
[edit]Kamau
- a male given name
Derived terms
[edit](Proverbs)
Related terms
[edit](Nouns)
References
[edit]- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ Clements, George N. (1984). "Principles of tone assignment in Kikuyu." In Clements, G.N. and J.A. Goldsmith (eds.) Autosegmental studies in Bantu tone, pp. 281–339. Dordrecht: Mouton de Gruyter; Foris Publications. →ISBN
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kamau
- a male given name from Kikuyu
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Kikuyu lemmas
- Kikuyu proper nouns
- Kikuyu given names
- Kikuyu male given names
- Swahili terms borrowed from Kikuyu
- Swahili terms derived from Kikuyu
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- Swahili given names
- Swahili male given names
- Swahili male given names from Kikuyu