mũcemanio

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Kikuyu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from gũcemania (“to meet, to join up with”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòɕɛ̀màniɔ́/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a trisyllabic stem, together with mũrĩmĩre, and so on.
  • (Kiambu) IPA(key): /mòɕɛ̀mániɔ̀(ꜜ)/
Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũberethi, mũthamaki, thabina, njogoo, Mũthũngũ, mũthanga, rĩithori (pl. maithori), kĩgokora, kĩroruha, ndagitari, and so on.[2][3]

Noun

mũcemanio class 3 (plural mĩcemanio)

  1. meeting, assembly[1]
    Synonyms: kĩgomano, kĩũngano

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “mũcemanio” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 52. 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.
  3. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
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