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Kikuyu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dòmò.
Hinde (1904) records miromo as an equivalent of English mouth in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba moomo as its equivalent.[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[2]
Noun
mũromo class 3 (plural mĩromo)
- doorway, entrance[3]
- lip[3]
- Synonym: kĩromo
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