mũgoma

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.

  • (Kiambu)
  • (Ndia) IPA(key): /mòɣɔ́mǎ/
The same underlying pattern as that of rũbutu and gĩtara.[2]
  • (Nyeri) IPA(key): /mòɣɔ́mǎ/
The same underlying pattern as that of mũgathĩ.[2]

Noun

mũgoma class 3 (plural mĩgoma)

  1. female (of animal, but except for sheep)[3]

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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. 2.0 2.1 Kagaya, Ryohei (1982). "Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 24, 1–42.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 100, 233.
  • goma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.