Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
mwarimũ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
mwarimũ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
mwarimũ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
mwarimũ you have here. The definition of the word
mwarimũ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
mwarimũ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili mwalimu, from Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim).
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩng'aurũ, mbahaca, and so on.
- (Kiambu) As mũarimũ, Yukawa (1981) classified this term into a group, whose remaining members are kĩihũri and mũndũri,[1] which Yukawa (1985) merges with another group including mũthũ, mũcibi, gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), njata, mũthee, ihũa (pl. mahũa), ithanwa, kang'aurũ, mwatũka, ndarathini (“a kind of fruit”), Gĩgĩkũyũ, and so on.[2]
Noun
mwarimũ class 1 (plural aarimũ)
- teacher
- Synonym: mũrutani
References
- Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. xxx–xxxi. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Ford, K. C. (1975). "The Tones of Nouns in Kikuyu", p. 61. In Studies in African Linguistics, Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 49–64.