mĩhang'o

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Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from kũhang'a (“to be busy with many things to do”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun[edit]

mĩhang'o class 4

  1. odd timewasting jobs, busy activity of any kind[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “mĩhang'o” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 140. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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