mahĩa

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See also: Mahia, mahia, Māhia, and māhia

Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /màheǎꜜ/, /màhèáꜜ/
(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.^[1]

Noun[edit]

mahĩa class 6

plural of ihĩa

References[edit]

^ 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.

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