mũka

See also: muka, múka, mūka, and mūkā

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòkǎ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũtĩ, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including ngitĩ, mwĩrĩ, kĩroboto, nyũmba, and so on. [1][2]

Noun

mũka class 1 (plural aka)

wife
Synonym: mũtumia

Derived terms

(Phrases)

ngoma cia aka class 10

(Proverbs)

aka erĩ nĩ nyũngũ igĩrĩ cia ũrogi
aka matirĩ cia ndiiro no cia nyinĩko
aka na ng'ombe itirĩ ndũgũ
haaro nĩ ya mũka ũrĩ ihĩĩ
haaro nĩ ya mũka ũrĩ thiirĩ
ĩrĩ gũkũra ĩrĩagwo iguku nĩ aka
mũka mũcangacangi ndagaga mwana
mũka ũrĩ mwana ndoraga
mũka wa mwathi ahingaga na kũgũrũ etereire kĩgurumũki ooke
mbaara ya aka ndĩrĩ horohio
mbaara ya aka ndĩrĩ ng'ondu

Related terms

(Adjectives)

-ka

(Nouns)

gaka class 12
ũka class 14

See also

mũiru, mũndũ wa nja

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.
Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

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

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