mũhiki

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Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /mohiki/

Noun[edit]

mũhiki class 1 (plural ahiki)

bride^[1]^[2]
girlfriend, fiancée^[2]
Ũyũ nĩ mũhiki wakwa. ― This is my girlfriend.^[2]

Synonyms[edit]

(bride): mũhikio
(fiancée): mũrata^[2]

Antonyms[edit]

(antonym(s) of “bride”): mũhikania^[2]
(antonym(s) of “girlfriend”): thũ^[2]

Related terms[edit]

(Nouns)

kĩhikanio class 7
ũhiki class 14

References[edit]

^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. London: Oxford University Press. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach.

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