mũhĩa

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See also: muhia

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòheǎ/, /mòhèá/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

mũhĩa class 3 (plural mĩhĩa)

  1. sorghum, Kaffir corn, dhurra (Sorghum bicolor)

(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.
  • “mũhĩa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 154. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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