mũtitũ
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Kikuyu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
Noun[edit]
mũtitũ class 3 (plural mĩtitũ)
Derived terms[edit]
(Proverbs)
Related terms[edit]
(Nouns)
- gatitũ class 12
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- “mũtitũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 453. Oxford: Clarendon Press.