mũtego
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòtɛ̀ɣɔ́ꜜ/
- 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.[1]
Noun
mũtego class 3 (plural mĩtego)
- snare, trap[2]
Related terms
(Nouns)
- mũtegi class 1
See also
- gĩkerenge, gĩterenge
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.
- “mũtego” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 437. Oxford: Clarendon Press.