mũtĩ

• mti

From Proto-Bantu *-tí.[1] Cognate to Kikuyu mũtĩ.[1]

• IPA^(key): /mòté/[1]

mũtĩ (plural mĩtĩ)

1. (Machakos) tree

• Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1982). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kamba Nouns", p. 104. In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 23, pp. 91–118.

From Proto-Bantu *-tí.[1] Cognate to Kamba mũtĩ.[1]

Hinde (1904) records muti (pl. miti) as an equivalent of English tree in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba muti (pl. mitino), “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba mti and Swahili mti (pl. miti) as its equivalents[2].

• IPA^(key): /mòtě/[1]

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, nyũmba, etc.[3] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a monosyllabic stem.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) Yukawa (1981) classified this term into a group including kahiũ,[4] which Yukawa (1985) merges to another group including mũka, ngitĩ, mwĩrĩ, kĩroboto, nyũmba, and so on.[5]

mũtĩ class 3 (plural mĩtĩ)

1. tree[3][6][7]

   gĩtinainĩ kĩa mũtĩ - at the base of a tree

2. stick[6]
3. arrow shaft[6]
4. (plural only) herbal medicine[6]

• (tree): igoko/ikoni, rũhonge, ithangũ

• (arrow shaft): mũguĩ

(Nouns)

• mũtĩ-mũirũ class 3

(Proverbs)

• mũikari mũtĩ gĩtina nĩwe ũĩ kĩrĩa thambo ĩrĩaga
• tiga kuonia ngarĩ kũhaica mũtĩ

(Nouns)

• gĩtĩ class 7

(tree):

• mbegũ, ihũa, itunda
• mũtitũ, gatitũ
• rũbaũ, mũgogo, rũkũ, rũtungu

(stick):

• njũgũma, rũthanju, thimbũ, mũthĩgi

(herbal medicine):

• ndawa, mũthaiga