kiugo

Kikuyu edit

Etymology edit

Derived from kuuga (“to say”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kiùɣɔ́ꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.^[2]

Noun edit

kiugo class 7 (plural ciugo)

word

See also edit

mwario, mũgambo, ũhoro, ndeto, rũthiomi

References edit

^ “kiugo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 540. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

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