mũtumia

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

mũtumiya, mũtimia

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòtùmíjà(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.[1]

Noun

mũtumia class 1 (plural atumia)

woman[2]
married woman;[3] wife[2]

Synonyms

(woman): mũka, mũndũ mũka, mũndũ wa nja; (derogatory) gaka
(wife): mũka

Antonyms

(woman): mũthuuri[2]
(wife): mũthuuri[2]

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

gũtirĩ mũtumia wenjagĩrwo mbuĩ kwa nyina
mũtumia na kĩonje nĩ ũndũ ũmwe
mũtumia ndatũraga mũtwe na ndaikagia ndahi ndua

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.
Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach.
“mũtumia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 469. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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[yy1981-1] 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.

[mam2014-2] Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach.

[3] “mũtumia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 469. Oxford: Clarendon Press.