mũcura

Kikuyu

Etymology

From the verb gũcura.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòɕúɾǎꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mwera, buubu, thani, kagogo, kĩĩgamba, kĩĩhindiĩ, and so on.[2][3]

Noun

mũcura class 3 (plural mĩcura)

singed food found on the bottom of a pot[1]

References

“mũcura” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 75. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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.
Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

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