mũcuthĩ

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See also: mũcũthi and mũcũthĩ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

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

mũcuthĩ class 3 (plural mĩcuthĩ)

  1. fairly long tail of any animal[2]
    Synonyms: gĩcuthĩ, mũting'oe
  2. (Kabete) penis[3]
    Synonym: mũthiita

(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. ^ cuthĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 76. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ^ Njoroge, Rita Njeri (2014). "Euphemisms and taboo words: a case of Kikuyu's Kabete dialect," p. 26.