mũtokaa
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- mũtoka[1]
Etymology
Borrowed from English motorcar.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mò.tɔ̀.ká.à(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)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.[2]
Noun
mũtokaa class 3 (plural mĩtokaa)
- motorcar, car, automobile
See also
- ngaari
References
- “mũtoka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 457. 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.