mũka

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See also: muka, múka, mūka, and mūkā

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòkǎ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũtĩ, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including ngitĩ, mwĩrĩ, kĩroboto, nyũmba, and so on. ^[1]^[2]

Noun

mũka class 1 (plural aka)

wife
Synonym: mũtumia

Derived terms

Phrases

ngoma cia aka class 10

Proverbs

Related terms

Adjectives

-ka

Nouns

gaka class 12
ũka class 14

See also

mũiru, mũndũ wa nja

References

^ 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.
^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

“mũka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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