Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swahili mwiko.[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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mũiko class 3 (plural mĩiko)

  1. broad-ended[1] ladle[3]

See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 iko” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 185. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  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. ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 55:and mũiko (ladle) is from Swahili mwiko