mũtongoria

Kikuyu

Etymology

From gũtongoria (“to lead”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mòtɔ̀ᵑɡɔ́ɾiá/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into groups, which include thakame in common.[2][3]

Noun

mũtongoria class 1 (plural atongoria)

  1. leader

(Nouns)

  • ndongoria class 9/10

See also

References
  1. “mũtongoria” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 459. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. 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.
  3. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
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