mũbeebe

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòβɛ̀ːβɛ́ꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

mũbeebe class 3 (plural mĩbeebe)

  1. maize stalk without leaves[2]

(Nouns)

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ beebe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 27. Oxford: Clarendon Press.