mũrũthi

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

mũrũũthi

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records muruthi and mulozi as equivalents of English lion in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòɾòːðǐ/

The second ũ is pronounced long.[2]

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, njagĩ, njohi, nyũmba, etc.[3] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on. 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, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[4]

Noun

mũrũthi class 3 (plural mĩrũthi)

lion
gĩcuthĩ kĩa mũrũthi - lion's tail[3]

Synonyms

(Northern) ngatia[5]

References

Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 36–37. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
“mũrũthi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 421. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
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.
Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 257

[hh1904-1] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 36–37. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[2] “mũrũthi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 421. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[lea1940-3] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[yy1981-4] 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.

[5] Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 257

单词	mũrũthi
释义	mũrũthi Kikuyu Alternative forms mũrũũthi Etymology Hinde (1904) records muruthi and mulozi as equivalents of English lion in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1] Pronunciation IPA^(key): /mòɾòːðǐ/ The second ũ is pronounced long.[2] As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, njagĩ, njohi, nyũmba, etc.[3] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on. 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, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[4] Noun mũrũthi class 3 (plural mĩrũthi) lion gĩcuthĩ kĩa mũrũthi - lion's tail[3] Synonyms (Northern) ngatia[5] See also (maneless one) ndũ References Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 36–37. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. “mũrũthi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 421. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge). 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. Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 257
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