mũhũmũ
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the verb kũhũma.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòhóːmò(ꜜ)/
- The first ũ of the stem is pronounced long.[1]
- 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) IPA(key): /mòhòːmó/
- (Ndia) IPA(key): /mòhòːmǒ/
Noun
mũhũmũ class 3 (plural mĩhũmũ)
- (chiefly in plural) respiration[1]
- (chiefly in plural) deep-breathing[1]
- (chiefly in plural) panting[1]
References
- “(mũ-)mĩhũmũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 176. 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.
- 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.
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