mũgũnda

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records muganda as an equivalent of English garden in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba muunda and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba mundani as its equivalents.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mòɣòⁿdà(ꜜ)/
• (Kiambu) As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
  • (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, mũciĩ, 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.

Noun

mũgũnda class 3 (plural mĩgũnda)

1. cultivated field, garden

   mũgũnda wakwa/waku/wake/wao ― my/thy/his (or her)/their field

   mĩgũnda yakwa/yaku/yake/iitũ/yanyu/yao ― my/thy/his (or her)/our/your/their field

   mũgũndainĩ ũcio ― on(to) the field

Synonyms

• ng'ũndũ, gĩthaka

Related terms

(Nouns)

• kagũnda class 12

See also

• nja, tĩĩri, thĩ