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Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records mugaambo as an equivalent of English voice in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[3]
Noun
mũgambo class 3 (plural mĩgambo)
- voice
Proverbs
(Nouns)
See also
References
- Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 233.
- “mũgambo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.