mũciĩ
Kikuyu
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gìɪ̀.
Pronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[2]
Noun
editmũciĩ class 3 (plural mĩciĩ)
Derived terms
edit(Proverbs)
- cia mũciĩ itiumagĩrio magĩrĩ-inĩ
- cia mũciĩ ti como
- guoya ũtũũragia ũkĩa mũciĩ
- kanua njero, na mũciĩ ndũkomeka nĩ heho
- mũciĩ nĩ kũrarwo ũraragwo, ndũtindagwo
- mũciĩ ũmenyagwo nĩ mũraari ti mũroki
- ngemi ciumaga na mũciĩ
- wega uumaga na mũciĩ
See also
edit- (home(stead)): nyũmba
References
edit- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 233.