mũkĩra

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Kikuyu

Etymology

From gũkĩra (“to pass”).[1]

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) IPA(key): /mòkéɾǎꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including buubu, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mũbira, mwera,nyanya (“tomato”), thani, thimbũ, and so on.[2]

Noun

mũkĩra class 3 (plural mĩkĩra)

  1. side[1]
    mũkĩra wa njĩra
    roadside
    (literally, “a side of road(s)[1]”)
    njĩra cia mĩkĩra
    bypaths
    (literally, “roads of sides[1]”)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “mũkĩra” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 225. 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.
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