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Kikuyu
Etymology
From kwambata (“to come up”).
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩberethi, mbogoro, and so on.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as mũambato, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[1]
Noun
mwambato class 3 (plural mĩambato)
- acclivity, rising slope, rise
- Antonym: mũikũrũko
(Nouns)
References
- “mwambato” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 9. Oxford: Clarendon Press.