mwegetho

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Kikuyu

Etymology

From kwegetha (to hiccup).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moɛ̀ɣɛ́ðɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

Noun

mwegetho class 3 (plural mĩegetho)

  1. hiccuping[1]

(Nouns)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 mwegetho” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 86. 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.