iguku

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records iguku as an equivalent of English hump in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ìɣùkú/

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.^[2]

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[3]

Noun

iguku class 5 (plural maguku)

hump (especially one on the back of a cow)

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

ĩrĩ gũkũra ĩrĩagwo iguku nĩ aka

References

^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 32–33. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
^ “iguku” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. 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.

[hh1904-1] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 32–33. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[2] “iguku” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[yy1981-3] 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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