mũcura
Kikuyu
Etymology
From the verb gũcura.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòɕúɾǎꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.
- (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mwera, buubu, thani, kagogo, kĩĩgamba, kĩĩhindiĩ, and so on.[2][3]
Noun
mũcura class 3 (plural mĩcura)
- singed food found on the bottom of a pot[1]
References
- “mũcura” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 75. 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.
- Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.