mũguĩ

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Kikuyu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Hinde (1904) records mugui as an equivalent of English arrow in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mũguĩ class 3 (plural mĩguĩ)

  1. arrow[2]

Derived terms

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(Proverbs)

References

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  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 4–5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 18.
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