mũcũthi
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Kikuyu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[2]
Noun[edit]
mũcũthi class 3 (plural mĩcũthi)
- gravy, broth[3]
- Agelaea pentagyna (syn. A. heterophylla[3][4]);[1] according to Leakey (1977), it was used for making tonic soup.
- Synonym: kari
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
- ^ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “mũcũthi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 83. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1316. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN