mũrimũ
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòɾìmóꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]
Noun
mũrimũ class 3 (plural mĩrimũ)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
(Phrases)
- mũrimũ wa cukari
- mũrimũ wa ihiga
(Proverbs)
- gĩthũmba gĩtirĩ mũrimũ wa ngoro
- mũhenia ago oigaga mũrimũ nĩwathira
- mũrimũ ndũrĩ hinya ũgĩtonya mwĩrĩ ta ũkiuma
- mũrimũ wa mũcoka nĩguo ũragaga mũndũ
See also
References
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- 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.
- “mũrimũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 387. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, pp. 888–905. →ISBN
- Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 95, 234.
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