mbica

Kikuyu edit

Etymology edit

Swahili picha < English picture^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ᵐbìɕá/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[2]

Noun edit

mbica class 9/10 (plural mbica)

References edit

^ “mbica” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 272. 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.

Anagrams edit

cimba

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