wĩ mwega

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /we(e) moɛɣa/

Phrase

wĩ mwega?

1. how are you? (lit. are you good?)

Usage notes

To this, one of the possible responses is Ĩĩ, ndĩ mwega. (lit. Yes, I am fine.).

References

• Bennett, Patrick R. and Ann Biersteker and Waithira Gikonyo and Susan Hershberg and Joel Kamande and Carolyn Perez and Martha Swearingen (1985). Gĩkũyũ nĩ Kĩoigire: Aria-i na Aagĩkũyũ, p. 261. African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison.