mũrĩmi
Kikuyu
editEtymology
editDerived from kũrĩma (“to cultivate”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- 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.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
Noun
editmũrĩmi class 1 (plural arĩmi)
Related terms
edit(Nouns)
- ũrĩmi class 14