mbica

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Kikuyu

Etymology

Swahili picha < English picture[1]

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

mbica class 9/10 (plural mbica)

  1. picture
  2. photograph

References

  1. ^ “mbica” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 272. 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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