Kikuyu

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Etymology

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From kũgwata (to grasp, to seize).[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

Noun

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ũgwati class 14 (plural mogwati)

  1. danger, hazard[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 ũgwati” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 133. Oxford: Clarendon Press.