mĩhang'o
Kikuyu
Etymology
Derived from kũhang'a (“to be busy with many things to do”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mèhàŋɔ́ꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
Noun
mĩhang'o class 4
- odd timewasting jobs, busy activity of any kind[1]
See also
- mahũga, mĩrũgĩ, wĩra
References
- “mĩhang'o” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 140. Oxford: Clarendon Press.