mwathimũro

mwathimũro

Kikuyu

Etymology

From gwathimũra (“to sneeze”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moàðímòɾɔ̀ꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with gĩeterero, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) Yukawa (1981:121) classifies the term mũathimũro into a group whose only remaining member is mũthiũrũrũko.[2]
• (Nairobi) Yukawa (1985:193) classifies the term mũathimũro into a group including irigithathi etc.[3]

Noun

mwathimũro class 3 (plural mĩathimũro)

1. sneeze

References

1. “mwathimũro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 19. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
2. 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.
3. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.