kiugo
Kikuyu
Etymology
Derived from kuuga (“to say”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiùɣɔ́ꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, 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), kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]
Noun
kiugo class 7 (plural ciugo)
- word
See also
- mwario, mũgambo, ũhoro, ndeto, rũthiomi
References
- “kiugo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 540. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- 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.