mũthigari
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- mũũthigari
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili asikari.[1]
Pronunciation
This ũ is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 10 with a trisyllabic stem, together with gĩting'ũri, ndigithũ, kĩĩgunyĩ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) IPA(key): /mòːðìɣáɾíꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.[2]
- (Murang'a) IPA(key): /mòːðìɣáɾíꜜ/
- The same underlying pattern as that of mũrataguo (“thy friend”).[3]
- (Ndia) IPA(key): /mòːðíɣáɾì/
- The same underlying pattern as that of gĩkorora and nyamĩndigi.[3]
- (Nyeri) IPA(key): /mòːðìɣáɾíꜜ/
- The same underlying pattern as that of mũthandũkũ (“box”) and carahani.[3]
Noun
mũthigari class 1 (plural athigari)
- soldier
- Synonym: thigari
Related terms
(Nouns)
- ũthigari class 14
See also
- mũmbirarũ
References
- “mũthigari” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 508. 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.
- Kagaya, Ryohei (1982). "Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 24, 1–42.