maatha

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːða/

Verb

maatha (infinitive kũmaatha)

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Synonyms

• gũcaria

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• mũrũngũru wa njamba ũmaathaga na ime

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
• “maatha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 250. Oxford: Clarendon Press.