mũthita

mũthita

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

• mũthiita

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mòðìːtáꜜ/

This i is pronounced long.[1]

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) IPA^(key): /mòðìːtǎ/

As for Tonal Class, 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, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[2]

Noun

mũthita class 3 (plural mĩthita) (augmentative gĩthita)

1. (uncircumcised) penis[1]

See also

• ũruu, (Kiambu) mũcuthĩ; heke, ndendera, nyee

References

1. “mũthita” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 518. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
2. 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.

Anagrams

• mũtathi