mũhaara
Kikuyu
Etymology
From a verb kũhaara.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòhàːɾǎ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[2]
Noun
mũhaara class 3 (plural mĩhaara)
- column (of ants, etc.)[1]
- trail of column of ants; used by them in their usual activity[1]
References
- “mũhaara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 134. 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.