ũũgĩ
Kikuyu
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
editũũgĩ class 14 (plural maũũgĩ)
- cleverness, wisdom
- Antonym: ũrimũ
- knowledge
- wit, intelligence, witticism
- skill
Derived terms
edit(Proverbs)
- tiga gũkungia ũgĩ ũgĩ-inĩ
- ũgĩ ndũtongoragia ta ũrimũ
- ũũgĩ nĩ ũrĩanaga
- ũũgĩ ndwambaga
- ũũgĩ ũũgĩgũ
- ũũgĩ wa arũme ũtemanaga ta hiũ
- ũũgĩ wa mũndũ ũmwe ndũrĩmaga
Related terms
edit(Adjectives)
References
edit- “ũũgĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 549. 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.