Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swahili wanga (starch).[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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mwanga class 3 (plural mĩanga)

  1. cassava, manioc
    Synonym: mũgwacĩ

References

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  1. ^ mwanga” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 13. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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mwanga (m-mi class, plural mianga)

  1. light (source of illumination)
    Synonym: nuru
    • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi[1], stanza 9:
      كِطَّمْسِكِزَ گَوُجُهَّالِ ، نُرُ نَمِيَاغَ اِتَظَلَالِ
      Kiṭamsi-kiza cha-ujuhali, nuru na-mianga itaẓalali
      Brightness and lights will overcome the shadow and darkness of ignorance