mũikũrũko

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) IPA^(key): /mòìkòɾòkɔ̀ꜜ/

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.^[1]

Noun

mũikũrũko class 3 (plural mĩikũrũko)

declivity, downward slope^[2]
Antonym: mwambato

Related terms

(Verbs)

gũikũrũka

References

^ 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.
^ "slope" in Barlow, A. Ruffell (1975). English-Kikuyu dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[yy1981-1] 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.

[bb1975-2] "slope" in Barlow, A. Ruffell (1975). English-Kikuyu dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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