mbegũ
See also: mbegu
Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili mbegu.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ᵐbɛ̀ɣǒ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) IPA(key): /ᵐbɛ̀ɣó/
- As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.[2]
Noun
mbegũ class 9/10 (plural mbegũ)
- seed(s)
- Synonym: mbeũ
References
- “mbegũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. 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.