mwaka

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Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà.

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

mwaka class 3 (plural mĩaka)

  1. year

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  • “mwaka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Luba-Kasai

Noun

mwaka

  1. year

Mwani

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà.

Noun

mwaka class 3 (plural myaka)

  1. year

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà.

Noun

mwaká class 3 (plural mwaká class 4)

  1. (Manyika, Zezuru) season

Swahili

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Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà. Cognate to Luganda omwaka.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

mwaka (m-mi class, plural miaka)

  1. year

Derived terms

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