mwarĩ

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Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mwà(ː)ɾě/, /moàɾě/
Armstrong (1940) claims that this a is pronounced long.
As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, nyũmba, etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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mwarĩ class 1 (plural aarĩ)

  1. daughter

Derived terms

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(Proverbs)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  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.
  • mwarĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.