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Kikuyu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mbúdà. Hinde (1904) records mburra as an equivalent of English rain in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba mbua and Swahili mvua as its equivalents.
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, 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.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, 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, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.
Noun
mbura class 9
- rain
Derived terms
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See also
References
- “mbura” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
mbura (m-mi class, plural mibura)
- mobola plum (tree)