mwena

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Kikuyu

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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.

Noun

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mwena class 3 (plural mĩena)

  1. side, surface[2]
  2. direction[2]
    mwena wa irathĩro/ithũĩroeast / west[2]
    mwena wa ũmotho/ũrĩoleft / right[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 mwena” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 88. Oxford: Clarendon Press.