mũthamaki

Kikuyu

Etymology

From gũthamaka (“to jurisdicate”).[1]

This term dates back to the late 19th century at least, where von Höhnel (1894) referred to the term as Samaki,[2] which was later translated into English as chief.[3]

Hinde (1904) records muthamakki and muthamaki as equivalents of English captain and chief respectively in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[4]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòðàmákì(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũberethi, thabina, njogoo, Mũthũngũ, mũthanga, rĩithori (pl.maithori), mũcemanio, kĩgokora, kĩroruha, ndagitari, and so on.[5][6]

Noun

mũthamaki class 1 (plural athamaki)

an individual with influence,[1][7] who played the role of spokesman and primus inter pares in Kikuyu society before the colonial period,[8][7] strictly controlled by his peers (Muriuki 1974:132)[7]
ruler[1]; king or queen[1]

Derived terms

(Phrases)

mũthamaki wa bũrũri
mũthamaki wa cira
mũthamaki wa rika

(Proverbs)

mbu ya arũme ĩtĩkagio nĩ athamaki

Related terms

(Nouns)

ũthamaki class 14

References

“mũthamaki” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 490. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 993. →ISBN
von Höhnel, Ludwig (1894). Discovery of Lakes Rudolph and Stefanie: a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring and hunting expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888 / by his companion Lieut. Ludwig von Höhnel, Translated by N. Bell (N. d'Anvers), vol. 1, p. 359. London.
Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 12–13. Cambridge: Cambridge University 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.
Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach, p. 44.
Karanja, James (2015). The Missionary Movement in Colonial Kenya: The foundation of Africa Inland Church, p. 26. Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag. →ISBN

单词	mũthamaki
释义	mũthamaki Kikuyu Etymology From gũthamaka (“to jurisdicate”).[1] This term dates back to the late 19th century at least, where von Höhnel (1894) referred to the term as Samaki,[2] which was later translated into English as chief.[3] Hinde (1904) records muthamakki and muthamaki as equivalents of English captain and chief respectively in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[4] Pronunciation IPA^(key): /mòðàmákì(ꜜ)/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on. (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũberethi, thabina, njogoo, Mũthũngũ, mũthanga, rĩithori (pl.maithori), mũcemanio, kĩgokora, kĩroruha, ndagitari, and so on.[5][6] Noun mũthamaki class 1 (plural athamaki) an individual with influence,[1][7] who played the role of spokesman and primus inter pares in Kikuyu society before the colonial period,[8][7] strictly controlled by his peers (Muriuki 1974:132)[7] ruler[1]; king or queen[1] Derived terms (Phrases) mũthamaki wa bũrũri mũthamaki wa cira mũthamaki wa rika (Proverbs) mbu ya arũme ĩtĩkagio nĩ athamaki Related terms (Nouns) ũthamaki class 14 See also mwathani, cibũ, kabuteni, mũnene, mũtongoria References “mũthamaki” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 490. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 993. →ISBN von Höhnel, Ludwig (1894). Discovery of Lakes Rudolph and Stefanie: a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring and hunting expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888 / by his companion Lieut. Ludwig von Höhnel, Translated by N. Bell (N. d'Anvers), vol. 1, p. 359. London. Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 12–13. Cambridge: Cambridge University 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. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231. Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach, p. 44. Karanja, James (2015). The Missionary Movement in Colonial Kenya: The foundation of Africa Inland Church, p. 26. Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag. →ISBN Further reading Muriuki, Godfrey (1974). A History of the Kikuyu, 1500-1900. Nairobi: Oxford University Press. →ISBN
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