mwera
See also: Mwera
Kikuyu edit
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.
- (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mũcura, thani, kagogo, kĩĩgamba, kĩĩhindiĩ, and so on.[1][2]
Noun edit
mwera class 3 (plural mĩera)
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
- ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 10, 33.
- “mwera” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 93. Oxford: Clarendon Press.