mũgoma

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.[1]

(Ndia) IPA^(key): /mòɣɔ́mǎ/

The same underlying pattern as that of rũbutu and gĩtara.[2]

(Nyeri) IPA^(key): /mòɣɔ́mǎ/

The same underlying pattern as that of mũgathĩ.[2]

Noun

mũgoma class 3 (plural mĩgoma)

female (of animal, but except for sheep)[3]

Antonyms

njamba[3]

See also

mwatĩ; mũka, mũtumia

References

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.
Kagaya, Ryohei (1982). "Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 24, 1–42.
Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 100, 233.

“mũgoma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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