mwambato

Kikuyu

Etymology

From kwambata (“to come up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moàᵐbàtɔ̀(ꜜ)/

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

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as mũambato, 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

mwambato class 3 (plural mĩambato)

1. acclivity, rising slope, rise

   Antonym: mũikũrũko

Related terms

(Nouns)

• mwambatĩrĩro class 3

References

• “mwambato” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 9. Oxford: Clarendon Press.