mũciĩ
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòɕìèꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.
- (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, 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.[2]
Noun
mũciĩ class 3 (plural mĩciĩ)
- homestead
- household, home
- village[3]
- Synonym: itũũra
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- cia mũciĩ itiumagĩrio magĩrĩ-inĩ
- cia mũciĩ ti como
- guoya ũtũũragia ũkĩa mũciĩ
- kanua njero, na mũciĩ ndũkomeka nĩ heho
- mũciĩ nĩ kũrarwo ũraragwo, ndũtindagwo
- mũciĩ ũmenyagwo nĩ mũraari ti mũroki
- ngemi ciumaga na mũciĩ
- wega uumaga na mũciĩ
See also
- (home(stead)): nyũmba
References
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- 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.
- Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 233.