mũguĩ

Kikuyu

Alternative forms
  • mũgwĩ

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records mugui as an equivalent of English arrow in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moɣwe/, /moɣoe/

Noun

mũguĩ class 3 (plural mĩguĩ)

  1. arrow[2]

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

  • wanyua ĩnyuaga mũguĩ

References
  1. Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 4–5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 18.
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