Kikuyu

 
Pronunciation: /kɪˈkuːjuː/

noun (plural or Kikuyus)

  • 1a member of a people forming the largest ethnic group in Kenya.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Bantu language of the Kikuyu, with over 5 million speakers.
  • 3 (kikuyu or kikuyu grass) a creeping perennial grass which is native to Kenya and cultivated elsewhere as a lawn and fodder grass.
    • Pennisetum clandestinum, family Gramineae

adjective

  • relating to the Kikuyu or their language.

Origin:

a local name