nyũmba

Hinde (1904) records nyumba of “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) and numba of “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) as equivalents of English house, listing also “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu nyumba and Swahili nyumba as their equivalents.[1]

nyũmba

1. house[2]

Hinde (1904) records nyumba as an equivalent of English house in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba nyumba, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba numba, and Swahili nyumba as its equivalents.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɲò.ᵐbǎ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

• (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981) classified this term into a group including mũka, ngitĩ, mwĩrĩ, kĩroboto, etc.,[3] which Yukawa (1985) merges to another group including kahiũ, mũtĩ, and so on.[4]

nyũmba class 9/10 (plural nyũmba)

1. house; a hut where woman lives[5]
2. lineage,[5] family

   Hypernym: mũhĩrĩga

3. room

   nyũmba ya toro - bedroom[5]

   Synonym: rumu

(Phrases)

• nyũmba ya mbũmbũĩ

(Proverbs)

• nyũmba ĩkĩhĩa mwene nĩotaga
• nyũmba na riika itiumagwo
• nyũmba nini ĩciraga na ũtukũ
• nyũmba nyinyi yoragana yathama, yoragwo yathama

(Nouns)

• kĩũmba class 7

• (house): mũciĩ, thingira
• (family): mbarĩ