mwegetho
Kikuyu
Etymology
From kwegetha (“to hiccup”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moɛ̀ɣɛ́ðɔ̀(ꜜ)/
- 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, as mũegetho, 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
mwegetho class 3 (plural mĩegetho)
- hiccuping[1]
Related terms
(Nouns)
- kĩegetha class 7
- rwegetha class 11
References
- “mwegetho” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 86. 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.