mũhu

See also: muhu, Muhu, mǔhǔ, and mʉhʉ

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records muhu as an equivalent of English ashes in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba mūū and Swahili ivu (pl. maivu) as its equivalents.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòhǔꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.^[2]

Noun

mũhu class 3 (plural mĩhu)

ash (es) (of wood)^[3]

References

^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 4–5. Cambridge: Cambridge University 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.
^ “mũhu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 166. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[hh1904-1] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 4–5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[yy1981-2] 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] “mũhu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 166. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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