mbere

mbere

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᵐbɛ̀ɾɛ̀ꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[1]

Noun

mbere class 9

1. front

   Antonym: thutha

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• mbere nĩ gĩkeno thutha nĩ maithori
• mbere no mbere thutha no mũgiano

References

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.

• “mbere” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.