mũhĩa
See also: muhia
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòheǎ/, /mòhèá/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2.
- (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.[1]
Noun
mũhĩa class 3 (plural mĩhĩa)
- sorghum, Kaffir corn, dhurra (Sorghum bicolor)
Related terms
(Nouns)
- kĩhĩa class 7
- kĩhĩa kĩa mũcaĩ
- kamũhĩa class 12
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.
- “mũhĩa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 154. Oxford: Clarendon Press.