ũũgĩ

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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 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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ũũgĩ class 14 (plural maũũgĩ)

  1. cleverness, wisdom
    Antonym: ũrimũ
  2. knowledge
  3. wit, intelligence, witticism
  4. skill

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References

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  • ũũgĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 549. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  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.