Cf.Swahilibarua^[1]

• IPA^(key):/ìɾò(w)à(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term intomoondo class which includesmũndũ,huko,igego,igoti,inooro,irigũ,kĩbaata,kĩmũrĩ,kũgũrũ,mũciĩ,mũgeni,mũri,mwaki(“fire”),ndaka,ndigiri,njagathi,njogu,Mũrĩmi(“man's name”), etc.^[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together withndaka, and so on.

• (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group includingcindano,huko,iburi,igego,igoti,ini (pl.mani),inooro,irigũ,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.^[3]

irũa class5 (pluralmarũa) (diminutivekarũa)

1. piece ofpaper,sheet of paper^[2][1]
2. letter^[1][3]