mwĩthũa

Kikuyu

Etymology

From a verb gũthũa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moèðó(w)ǎꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 10 with a trisyllabic stem, together with gĩting'ũri, ndigithũ, kĩĩgunyĩ, and so on.

• (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as mũithũa, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.

Noun

mwĩthũa class 3 (plural mĩĩthũa)

1. itching, itch

   Hypernym: ndwari

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• mwĩthũa wĩ gũtũ/itina ndũthũanagwo