mũgendi
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòɣɛ̀ⁿdìꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
Noun
mũgendi class 1 (plural agendi)
- traveller
- Synonym: mũthii
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- njĩra ndĩraga mũgendi hurũka
- riũa rĩtietagĩrĩra mũgendi
Related terms
(Nouns)
- rũgendo class 11
- ng'enda class 9/10
See also
- mũgeni
References
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- “mũgendi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.