mũigua

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a disyllabic stem, together with njege, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
    • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including kĩgongona, njege, and so on.

Noun

mũigua class 3 (plural mĩigua)

  1. thorn

Related terms

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References

  1. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  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.
  • “mũigua” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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