mũtitũ
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòtìtóꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
Noun
mũtitũ class 3 (plural mĩtitũ)
- forest
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- ngoro nĩ mũtitũ mũtumanu na ndũngĩtonyeka nĩ mũndũ
Related terms
(Nouns)
- gatitũ class 12
See also
- gĩthaka
References
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- “mũtitũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 453. Oxford: Clarendon Press.