mũka
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũtĩ, and so on.
- (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including ngitĩ, mwĩrĩ, kĩroboto, nyũmba, and so on. [1][2]
Noun
mũka class 1 (plural aka)
Derived terms
(Phrases)
- ngoma cia aka class 10
(Proverbs)
- aka erĩ nĩ nyũngũ igĩrĩ cia ũrogi
- aka matirĩ cia ndiiro no cia nyinĩko
- aka na ng'ombe itirĩ ndũgũ
- haaro nĩ ya mũka ũrĩ ihĩĩ
- haaro nĩ ya mũka ũrĩ thiirĩ
- ĩrĩ gũkũra ĩrĩagwo iguku nĩ aka
- mũka mũcangacangi ndagaga mwana
- mũka ũrĩ mwana ndoraga
- mũka wa mwathi ahingaga na kũgũrũ etereire kĩgurumũki ooke
- mbaara ya aka ndĩrĩ horohio
- mbaara ya aka ndĩrĩ ng'ondu
Related terms
(Adjectives)
(Nouns)
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
- “mũka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.