ikunũ

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records ikunu (pl. makunu) as an equivalent of English mushroom in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ekunnu as its equivalent.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ìkùnó/

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)

(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.^[2]

Noun

ikunũ class 5 (plural makunũ)

mushroom^[3]^[2]

Related terms

(Verbs)

gũkunũka

References

^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 40–1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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.
^ “ikunũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 236. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[hh1904-1] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 40–1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[yy1981-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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.

[3] “ikunũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 236. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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