mwere

• IPA^(key): /moerɛ/

mwere

1. night

• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

From Common Bantu *ìbèdé.

• IPA^(key): /moɛ̀ɾɛ̌/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru)

As for Tonal Class, as mũere, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.^[1]

mwere class 3 (plural mĩere)

1. pearl millet, bulrush millet^[2] (Pennisetum glaucum)^[3]
2. finger millet^[2] (Eleusine coracana)
3. field of bulrush millet or finger millet

   Gũtirĩ nyoni njega mwere-inĩ. - There is no good bird in the bulrush millet field.

(Nouns)

• mbura ya mwere

(Proverbs)

• mwere mwega ũmenyagwo na ngetho

• mũgĩmbĩ