nyamũga

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Kikuyu[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Benson (1964) suspects affinity with Maasai en-amughe.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7.
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) IPA(key): /ɲàmóɣáꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.[2]

Noun[edit]

nyamũga class 9/10

  1. sandal

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “nyamũga” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 341. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.
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