mũcakwe

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mòɕákoɛ́ꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) IPA^(key): /mòɕákoɛ̀(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, as mũcakũe, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.

Noun

mũcakwe class 3 (plural mĩcakwe)

1. corncob, cob

Holonyms

• mbembe

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• mũcakwe ũgũithagia njamba

References

• “mũcakwe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 44. Oxford: Clarendon Press.