mũthandũkũ

Kikuyu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòðàⁿdókóꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩng'aurũ, mbahaca, mwarimũ, and so on.

Noun

mũthandũkũ class 3 (plural mĩthandũkũ)

black wattle, especially Acacia decurrens^[1]

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòðàⁿdókóꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩng'aurũ, mbahaca, mwarimũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.^[2]

Noun

mũthandũkũ class 3

chicken pox^[3]
Hypernym: mũrimũ^[3]

References

^ “mũthandũkũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 493. Oxford: Clarendon 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.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, pp. 888–905. →ISBN

[1] “mũthandũkũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 493. Oxford: Clarendon 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.

[lsbl-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, pp. 888–905. →ISBN

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mũthandũkũ

Contents

Kikuyu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

References