mũtumia

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

mũtumiya, mũtimia

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòtùmíjà(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.^[1]

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Noun

mũtumia class 1 (plural atumia)

woman^[2]
married woman;^[3] wife^[2]

Synonyms

(woman): mũka, mũndũ mũka, mũndũ wa nja; (derogatory) gaka
(wife): mũka

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “woman”): mũthuuri^[2]
(antonym(s) of “wife”): mũthuuri^[2]

Derived terms

(Phrases)

mũtumia wa kĩero gĩtune

(Proverbs)

References

^ 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.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach.
^ “mũtumia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 469. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[yy1981-1] 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.

[mam2014-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach.

[3] “mũtumia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 469. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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