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Kikuyu
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Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́dì. Hinde (1904) records mburri as an equivalent of English goat in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba mbuii and Swahili mbuzi as its equivalents.
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes 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 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on. Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.
Noun
mbũri class 9/10 (plural mbũri)
- goat
- Hypernyms: mahiũ, indo
- Hyponyms: (male) harika, thenge
- mbũri yakwa ― my goat
- mbũri ciakwa ― my goats
- rũũru rwa mbũri ― a herd of goats
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