mũiko
Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili mwiko.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòìkɔ́ꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]
Noun
mũiko class 3 (plural mĩiko)
- broad-ended[1] ladle[3]
See also
- kĩihũri, gĩtahi
References
- “mũiko” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 185. 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.
- Mugane, John M. (2015). The Story of Swahili, p. 55. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press.