mũthemba

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mò.ðɛ̀.ᵐbàꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) 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.

Noun

mũthemba class 3 (plural mĩthemba)

1. kind, sort

Related terms

(Nouns)

• gĩthemba class 7

References

• “mũthemba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 502. Oxford: Clarendon Press.