mũtwe

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word mũtwe. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word mũtwe, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say mũtwe in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word mũtwe you have here. The definition of the word mũtwe will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmũtwe, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records mtue as an equivalent of English head in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba mtue and Swahili kitwa (pl. vitwa) as its equivalents.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

mũtwe class 3 (plural mĩtwe)

  1. head
    Synonym: kĩongo

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

References

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 30–31. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • “mũtwe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 484. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia