mũgagaca
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòɣàɣáɕá/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bangiri, mũhĩrĩga, thakame, and so on.[1]
Noun
mũgagaca class 3 (plural mĩgagaca)
- small red scavenger ant[2]
See also
- thambo, thigiriri, thuraku, mũthũa
References
- 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.
- “mũgagaca” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 99. Oxford: Clarendon Press.