mũguĩ
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- mũgwĩ
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records mugui as an equivalent of English arrow in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moɣwe/, /moɣoe/
Noun
mũguĩ class 3 (plural mĩguĩ)
- arrow[2]
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- wanyua ĩnyuaga mũguĩ
References
- Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 4–5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 18.