mũhĩrĩgo

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Kikuyu

Etymology

From a verb kũhĩrĩga.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòhèɾéɣɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

mũhĩrĩgo class 3 (plural mĩhĩrĩgo)

  1. plank used as circular external wall of a hut or internal dividing wall

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

See also

References

  1. ^ hĩrĩgo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 158. 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.
  • Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 12, 34.