mbĩrĩra
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- mbĩĩrĩra
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ᵐbèːɾéɾà(ꜜ)/
- The first ĩ is pronounced long.[1]
- 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.[2]
Noun
mbĩrĩra class 9/10 (plural mbĩrĩra)
- grave
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- maciara maingĩ nĩ mbĩrĩra nyingĩ
- mũgeni amĩĩaga mbĩrĩra-inĩ
Related terms
(Nouns)
- kĩbĩrĩra class 7
References
- “mbĩrĩra” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 273. 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.