mũrĩithi

Kikuyu edit

Etymology edit

From kũrĩithia (“to graze, to pasture”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /mò.ɾeì.ðíꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.^[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun edit

mũrĩithi class 1 (plural arĩithi)

shepherd

References edit

^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

“mũrĩithi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[lea1940-1] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

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