mũtumia
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
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Noun
mũtumia class 1 (plural atumia)
Synonyms
- (woman): mũka, mũndũ mũka, mũndũ wa nja; (derogatory) gaka
- (wife): mũka
Antonyms
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- gũtirĩ mũtumia wenjagĩrwo mbuĩ kwa nyina
- mũtumia na kĩonje nĩ ũndũ ũmwe
- mũtumia ndatũraga mũtwe na ndaikagia ndahi ndua
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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach.
- ^ “mũtumia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 469. Oxford: Clarendon Press.