uungumania
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- ungumania
Etymology
From kuunguma (“to circumvent”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uuᵑɡumania/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩambĩrĩria, carahani, and so on.
Noun
uungumania class 14 (plural mauungumania)
- machination, underhand tactics[1]
- treachery[1]
- robbery by guile[1]
References
- “uungumania” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 546. Oxford: Clarendon Press.